Ethnicity and infant mortality in Malaysia

Dixon, G. E.

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“…Socioeconomic and heath disparities exist between Malays, Indians and Chinese, the three main ethnicities that comprise Malaysian society. 27–30 However, little is known regarding ethnic-specific differences within the MSM community. In order to direct future prevention efforts, we aim in this study to determine the HIV prevalence, transmission risk factors and level of knowledge about HIV transmission methods for the MSM community of Kuala Lumpur as a whole and among its composite ethnicities.…”

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Risk behaviour and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in a multiethnic society: a venue-based study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kanter

Koh²,

Razali

et al. 2011

Int J STD AIDS

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This research aimed to determine HIV prevalence, risk behaviour and knowledge of transmission methods among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Venue-day-time sampling (VDTS) was applied to identify venues where men congregate to solicit sex from other men. Participants recruited from clubs, massage parlours, saunas and one park self-completed a computerized behavioural questionnaire, were administered an oral rapid HIV test and given the opportunity to return later to receive full counselling and learn their HIV status. A total of 517 men were enrolled into the study. The majority were Malays (47.0%) and Chinese (43.7%). Twenty tested HIV positive (3.9%). Significant predictors of HIV infection included having unprotected anal sex with a casual partner (44.9% of participants, odds ratio [OR] = 2.99; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-7.90; P = 0.027), having unprotected receptive anal sex (27.9%, OR = 2.71; 95% CI 1.10-6.54; P = 0.030) and having group sex (33.3%, OR = 3.95; 95% CI 1.55-10.09; P = 0.004). One in five participants (20.1% and 19.5%) did not believe that HIV could be transmitted through insertive or receptive anal sex, respectively. Risk behaviour is high and knowledge of HIV transmission methods was low among MSM in Kuala Lumpur. Future prevention efforts should focus on providing risk reduction education to this community.

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Risk behaviour and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in a multiethnic society: a venue-based study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kanter

Koh²,

Razali

et al. 2011

Int J STD AIDS

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Zuo yuezi practice among Malaysian Chinese women: tradition vs modernity

Jaganathan

et al. 2010

British Journal of Midwifery

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Modernity has caused many changes to culture and to a certain extent has contributed to the lapse of many traditional practices. However, Chinese women have continued to practice zuo yuezi all over the world. Zuo Yuezi is traditional confinement which has been practised by the Chinese for at least 1000 years. Studies have shown Chinese women all over the world are still practising the tradition. This article will explore how and why the tradition is still practised in the modern age by Malaysian Chinese women and to what extent. This article will also attempt to explain the reasons for zuo yuezi to be continually practised by Chinese women by analyzing the functionality of the tradition and other factors which could have supported its resilience.

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Menstrual Madness: Women's Health and Well-Being in Urban Burma

Skidmore

2002

Women & Health

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Women's health in peri-urban Burma is conceived of in terms of blood, strength, and the relationship between the body, the body politic, and the local environment. The regulation and volume of blood at menstruation and childbirth are the fundamental indicators of health and well-being. Well-being is contingent on harmony in and between the body and the universe. Blood flow is a key symbol through which women's beliefs and practices concerning their health and well-being can be understood at the levels of pathophysiology, interpersonal relations, the local environment, and the wider political and moral economies of urban Burma.

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Ethnicity and infant mortality in Malaysia

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Risk behaviour and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in a multiethnic society: a venue-based study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Risk behaviour and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in a multiethnic society: a venue-based study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zuo yuezi practice among Malaysian Chinese women: tradition vs modernity

Menstrual Madness: Women's Health and Well-Being in Urban Burma

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