Essays on Social Disparities in Health among Older People in Malaysia
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Bin Syed Zainulabidin, Syed Zahiruddin
نام ساير پديدآوران
Tampubolon, Gindo
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2019
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
243
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
امتياز متن
2019
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
In the context of developing countries, the health effects due to increases in the number of older people are still not fully understood. Based on the evidence in developed countries, social determinants that influence health could be used to explain the effects as individuals' health is both a determinant and an outcome of their socioeconomic circumstances. This study contributes to existing research by investigating associations between health outcomes and social disparities that relate to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) occurrences among older people in Malaysia. In addition, the issue of unmet healthcare needs is also investigated, in which older people with NCDs were not receiving appropriate healthcare interventions that they needed. At this point, policymakers in the country should be aware that older people with greater health needs may also be those with fewer means to access healthcare. In this study, social disparities are found to be an important discourse in understanding health differences at multiple levels - individuals and also districts where they resided. These levels are key areas in understanding how individuals and contextual processes operate as well as how their effects distributed along the spatial scale. Here, the estimation models and geographical maps developed by means of multilevel and spatial regression techniques could offer policymakers with systematic approaches to track health differences due to social disparities across districts in a comparable and interpretable manner. The evidence could also help policymakers to formulate effective health policies that are recent, precise and targeted. Furthermore, the findings may be instrumental in realising multi-sectoral efforts to overcome variations and complexities of health issues among older people that are beyond the control and authority of a single health ministry.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Aging
موضوع مستند نشده
Gerontology
موضوع مستند نشده
Health care management
موضوع مستند نشده
Sociology
موضوع مستند نشده
Southeast Asian studies
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