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A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia

Several of the coastal zones in Sabah, Malaysia, are isolated and inaccessible. This study aimed to review the published literature on the health status of the coastal communities in Sabah. The following four main health issues were found: (i) malaria, (ii) tuberculosis (TB), (iii) seafood poisoning...

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Autores principales: Azzeri, Amirah, Ching, Goh Hong, Jaafar, Hafiz, Mohd Noor, Mohd Iqbal, Razi, Nurain Amirah, Then, Amy Yee-Hui, Suhaimi, Julia, Kari, Fatimah, Dahlui, Maznah
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32120949
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051533
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author Azzeri, Amirah
Ching, Goh Hong
Jaafar, Hafiz
Mohd Noor, Mohd Iqbal
Razi, Nurain Amirah
Then, Amy Yee-Hui
Suhaimi, Julia
Kari, Fatimah
Dahlui, Maznah
author_facet Azzeri, Amirah
Ching, Goh Hong
Jaafar, Hafiz
Mohd Noor, Mohd Iqbal
Razi, Nurain Amirah
Then, Amy Yee-Hui
Suhaimi, Julia
Kari, Fatimah
Dahlui, Maznah
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description Several of the coastal zones in Sabah, Malaysia, are isolated and inaccessible. This study aimed to review the published literature on the health status of the coastal communities in Sabah. The following four main health issues were found: (i) malaria, (ii) tuberculosis (TB), (iii) seafood poisoning, and (iv) antenatal problems. Factors associated with the risk of acquiring malarial infection in the studied coastal area were advanced age, male sex, farming as an occupation, history of travel outside the village, and rainy seasons. TB infection was primarily observed in adult men. Seafood poisoning was significantly common in Sabah. Studies have reported that tetrodotoxin and paralytic shellfish poisoning were commonly reported (30–60 cases annually). Several pregnant women in the coastal community had insufficient knowledge of the national antenatal care programme. Nonetheless, 99% of them received antenatal care at public healthcare facilities with 92% of them undergoing safe delivery. Nevertheless, a majority of the pregnant women had iodine deficiency due to low iodised salt intake. Findings from this review highlighted that the coastal communities in Sabah are experiencing significant health problems. Specific attention is required to significantly enhance the health and well-being of the individuals living in the coastal communities in Sabah.
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spelling pubmed-70842122020-03-24 A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia Azzeri, Amirah Ching, Goh Hong Jaafar, Hafiz Mohd Noor, Mohd Iqbal Razi, Nurain Amirah Then, Amy Yee-Hui Suhaimi, Julia Kari, Fatimah Dahlui, Maznah Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Several of the coastal zones in Sabah, Malaysia, are isolated and inaccessible. This study aimed to review the published literature on the health status of the coastal communities in Sabah. The following four main health issues were found: (i) malaria, (ii) tuberculosis (TB), (iii) seafood poisoning, and (iv) antenatal problems. Factors associated with the risk of acquiring malarial infection in the studied coastal area were advanced age, male sex, farming as an occupation, history of travel outside the village, and rainy seasons. TB infection was primarily observed in adult men. Seafood poisoning was significantly common in Sabah. Studies have reported that tetrodotoxin and paralytic shellfish poisoning were commonly reported (30–60 cases annually). Several pregnant women in the coastal community had insufficient knowledge of the national antenatal care programme. Nonetheless, 99% of them received antenatal care at public healthcare facilities with 92% of them undergoing safe delivery. Nevertheless, a majority of the pregnant women had iodine deficiency due to low iodised salt intake. Findings from this review highlighted that the coastal communities in Sabah are experiencing significant health problems. Specific attention is required to significantly enhance the health and well-being of the individuals living in the coastal communities in Sabah. MDPI 2020-02-27 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7084212/ /pubmed/32120949 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051533 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ching, Goh Hong
Jaafar, Hafiz
Mohd Noor, Mohd Iqbal
Razi, Nurain Amirah
Then, Amy Yee-Hui
Suhaimi, Julia
Kari, Fatimah
Dahlui, Maznah
A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia
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title_full A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia
title_short A Review of Published Literature Regarding Health Issues of Coastal Communities in Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort review of published literature regarding health issues of coastal communities in sabah, malaysia
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32120949
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051533
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