Bakar, N. Abu and Sahimin, N. and Lim, Y. A. L. and Ibrahim, K. and Zain, S. N. Mohd (2023) Poverty related diseases amongst Malaysia's low-income community: a review. Tropical Biomedicine, 40 (1). pp. 65-75. ISSN 0127-5720, DOI https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.40.1.013.
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Poverty, as proven by several studies, is a driving force behind poor health and hygiene practices. This review attempts to outline common communicable and non-communicable diseases that disproportionately affect Malaysia's 2.91 million low-income households. The current study also looks into the government's housing and healthcare programmes for this demographic to improve their health and well-being. The initial examination yielded incredibly little research on this marginalised community, with event reporting typically generalised to the Malaysian community as a whole rather than analysing disease incidences based on household income, which would better reflect poverty -driven diseases. As a result, there is an acute need for more accurate information on the epidemiology of diseases among the poor in order to address this public health issue and provide conclusions that can drive policy designs.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) (FRGS/1/2020/SKK0/UM/02/18), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (IF004-2021) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Health; B40; low-income; poverty; Malaysia |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Parasitology Deparment Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 08:23 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 08:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/50380 |
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