world including Malaysia. Tourism is known as one of the fastest growing global industry as mentioned by World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. According to Hui, Wan and Ho (2007), tourism industry will not only give benefit to the industry itself but also to the other sector such as retail industry, construction industry and transportation industry. Malaysian government has included tourism industry as one of the 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) in Tenth Malaysia Plan that will help our country’s transformation into high income nation by 2020. Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Najib said that tourism industry is now at the 6th largest contributor to…
MENTAL HEALTH AND IMPRISONMENT CRM 305 M A LA YSIA PENAL INSTITUTION TABLE OF CONTENTS P A G E 2 P A G E 3 P A G E 5 P A G E 4 P A G E 6 P A G E 7 INTRODUCTION PRISON REHABILITATION POPULATION OF DEPRESSION AND AGE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ISSUES IN MALAYSIA INDIVIDUAL FACTORS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND TREATMENT USED FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONCLUSION P A G E 8 REFERENCE P A G E 9 INTRODUCTION The study of mental health among prisoners is important as their population in prison is…
Diabetes prevention as a Media Issue Since there is more than a quarter of the world’s population have diabetes, many of them have taken the initiatives to look for medical advice from the specialists. Another way that usually individuals get advice is from other resources such as media coverage. Nowadays, many people with diabetes seek information through media about the condition, treatment options, practical strategies and tools to manage diabetes in their daily lives (Collins & Lewis). With…
IV. Alcohol Advertising A central issue for alcohol control policy is the role and importance of advertising. Although the debate on alcohol advertising has been ongoing for many years, it gained public prominence in the mid-1980s. There are several health-related organizations, including the World Health Organization, have made advertising control a key part of their anti-alcohol campaigns. The most controversial issue is alcohol advertised through television due to its possible adverse…
Often times, the public draw on the idea that CSR as the outcome of a business firm’s particular configuration of social responsibility, observable outcomes, and social responsiveness, as they correlate to the firm’s societal relationships (Jamali & Mirshak, 2007). Jamali & Mirshak (2007) evaluates the normative aspect of CSR in relation to conceptualization of CSR through environmental assessment, stakeholder management, and issues management, which are effectively interlocked. In a study…
Based on Figure X, the respondents from tertiary education and secondary school are more aware on exposure to heavy metal can cause health effects 5.6 Relationship between awareness on heavy metal contamination in water convolvulus with the awareness on exposure to heavy metal can cause health effects Awareness on heavy metal contamination in water convolvulus is significantly associated with the awareness on exposure to heavy metal can cause health effects (p=0.000). Refer to Figure X,…
Critical issues: Government The proposal developed by government says: “all the fast food chains should be overcome”. This proposal creates an issue for KFC since their food claims as unhealthy food for customers. Mainly, the advertisement about fast food will be banned, including KFC. When the government accepts, KFC will have a hard time in promoting their products in Malaysia. McDonalds is getting more growth Situational analysis shows that McDonalds in Malaysia is having a rapid growth in…
Positional Paper on Ethical Issue In a proposed case, Jenny, 18 years-old, a young pregnant teenager sought a counsellor and expresses her decision in considering an abortion because her boyfriend left her and she no longer can bear the responsibility alone. Jenny says that she really needs to talk her options over with an adult who is “outside of her family” and doesn’t wish to involve her parents into this as she never wants to disappoint her parents any longer. Jenny also said that she has…
aspects of molecular biology, biochemistry and pathology. In the assessment of patients imaging techniques, laboratory methods and surgery may be needed. Treatment methods include counseling, pharmacology, surgery, and other methods. Reproductive medicine addresses issues of sexual education, puberty, family planning, birth control, infertility, reproductive system disease (including sexually transmitted diseases) and sexual dysfunction. In women, reproductive medicine also covers menstruation,…
3.0 Control measures and Initiatives to Handle the Current Concerns on Food Safety of Hawker Foods in Malaysia The improvement on current concerns on food safety of hawker foods in Malaysia is needed in order to improve public health and development on the tourist sector since hawker food can cause significant risk to consumer mostly due to microbial contamination. 3.1 3 Basic steps in handling the issue There are several basic ways to improve the current issue on food safety of hawker food in…