Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents are the group of children transforming to adults, aged 10 to 19 years; they are healthy individuals but can face a number of health-related issues. There are more than 1.2 billion adolescents worldwide, and they make up 15% of 32 million Malaysia populations. Out of this, 920,700 are from Selangor which is 15.6% of 5,864,500 total populations. This study aims to determine the health profile among teenage population in Selangor. METHODS: A community screening was conducted in 2018. A total of 55,474 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years, who were screened in all government health clinics, were selected using convenient sampling. They were given structured questionnaires to complete; with the variables related to demographic characteristics and morbidity profile. Data was analysed using SPSS version 18.0. RESULTS: The screening coverage was more in sub-urban areas, with 55.8% were females, and 79% were in age group of 15-19 years. The morbidities were nutritional-related issues (27.5%), followed by high risk behaviour issues (2.8%) and physical-related issues (2.7%). More than half of respondents had normal body weight (74.1%) and none had stunted growth. A total number of 7609 (13.7%) respondents needed further management; most referral cases were seen by medical officers (57.5%), followed by dietician (25.8%). Least referral cases were seen by family medicine specialists (0.59%), counsellors (0.50%) and social welfare officers (0.01%). CONCLUSION: Based on this health profile of teenage population, there is a need of intervention program to improve their health and to be implemented comprehensively at all levels.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-115,
title = {Advancing in Urban Development: Health Profile Among Teenage Population in Selangor},
author = {Siti Sara Yaacob and Anis Salwa Kamarudin and Normazura Mustapa and Rohaida Ismail and Shahida Ismail and Yunus Mohd Rashidi},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Adolescents are the group of children transforming to adults, aged 10 to 19 years; they are healthy individuals but can face a number of health-related issues. There are more than 1.2 billion adolescents worldwide, and they make up 15% of 32 million Malaysia populations. Out of this, 920,700 are from Selangor which is 15.6% of 5,864,500 total populations. This study aims to determine the health profile among teenage population in Selangor. METHODS: A community screening was conducted in 2018. A total of 55,474 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years, who were screened in all government health clinics, were selected using convenient sampling. They were given structured questionnaires to complete; with the variables related to demographic characteristics and morbidity profile. Data was analysed using SPSS version 18.0. RESULTS: The screening coverage was more in sub-urban areas, with 55.8% were females, and 79% were in age group of 15-19 years. The morbidities were nutritional-related issues (27.5%), followed by high risk behaviour issues (2.8%) and physical-related issues (2.7%). More than half of respondents had normal body weight (74.1%) and none had stunted growth. A total number of 7609 (13.7%) respondents needed further management; most referral cases were seen by medical officers (57.5%), followed by dietician (25.8%). Least referral cases were seen by family medicine specialists (0.59%), counsellors (0.50%) and social welfare officers (0.01%). CONCLUSION: Based on this health profile of teenage population, there is a need of intervention program to improve their health and to be implemented comprehensively at all levels.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Public Health Division, Selangor State Health Department, Shah Alam, Malaysia, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia, Public Health Division, Melaka State Health Department, Melaka, Malaysia, Pasir Mas District Health Office, Pasir Mas, Malaysia, Public Health Unit, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia},
keywords = {apcph2019, health profile, primary health care, teenage population},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}