Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The estimation of occupational accidents or work-related illness globally by International Labour Organization (ILO) has reached up to 2.3 million each year. From this estimation, 160 million workers fall victim to work-related diseases annually. Despite this, the accessibility to occupational health services is still low. Almost 80% of the total working population do not have access to OHS. Competent occupational health professionals are required to have good OHS accessibility. However, certain challenges faced by these professionals may cause poor coverage of OHS. This study aims to describe the difficulties faced by occupational health doctors in providing the occupational health services in Malaysia. METHODS: Qualitative methods were utilised for the study using focus group discussions and interview responses. The responses were recorded and transcribed precisely. NVivo version 11 was used to facilitate the data analysis process which follows the thematic analysis strategies. RESULTS: Four codes were identified as underlying factors that causing the occupational health services difficult to be implemented which include reporting issues, industries attitudes, standard and guidelines, and practising issues. CONCLUSION: The results suggested that all factors need to be critically addressed on a national basis to help facilitate the implementation of OHS in Malaysia.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-106,
title = {What Makes Occupational Health Services Seems Difficult to Be Implemented?},
author = {Amalina Mohd Roze and Niza Samsudin and Nor Azlina A. Rahman and Muhammad Zubir Yusof and Ailin Razali and Nik Mohamed Nizan Nik Mohamed and Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmood and Mohd Shaqif Syed Jamaludin and Suriati Sidek and Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair and Raj},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The estimation of occupational accidents or work-related illness globally by International Labour Organization (ILO) has reached up to 2.3 million each year. From this estimation, 160 million workers fall victim to work-related diseases annually. Despite this, the accessibility to occupational health services is still low. Almost 80% of the total working population do not have access to OHS. Competent occupational health professionals are required to have good OHS accessibility. However, certain challenges faced by these professionals may cause poor coverage of OHS. This study aims to describe the difficulties faced by occupational health doctors in providing the occupational health services in Malaysia. METHODS: Qualitative methods were utilised for the study using focus group discussions and interview responses. The responses were recorded and transcribed precisely. NVivo version 11 was used to facilitate the data analysis process which follows the thematic analysis strategies. RESULTS: Four codes were identified as underlying factors that causing the occupational health services difficult to be implemented which include reporting issues, industries attitudes, standard and guidelines, and practising issues. CONCLUSION: The results suggested that all factors need to be critically addressed on a national basis to help facilitate the implementation of OHS in Malaysia.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Department of Physical Rehabilitation Sciences, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, IIUM, Department of Community Medicine, Kulliyyah of Medicine, IIUM, Department of Otorhinolaryngology \& Head-Neck Surgery, Kulliyyah of Medicine, IIUM, Montoques Sdn. Bhd., Kuantan, Pahang, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, IIUM, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources},
keywords = {Occupational Health Doctor, Occupational Health Services, Qualitative Study},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}