@article{Eow2020,
title = {Factors associated with autism severity among Malaysian children with Autism Spectrum Disorder},
author = {S Y Eow and W Y Gan and P Y Lim and H Awang and Z Mohd Shariff},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85081212440&doi=10.1016%2fj.ridd.2020.103632&partnerID=40&md5=a2814a66b9d649278ea7f764ed7e4125},
doi = {10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103632},
issn = {08914222},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
journal = {Research in Developmental Disabilities},
volume = {100},
publisher = {Elsevier Inc.},
abstract = {Background: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) of different levels of symptom severity may exhibit a wide range of behaviours and characteristics. There is a limited nutrition-related study on children with ASD of different severity in Malaysia. Aims: This cross-sectional study aims to determine the association between sociodemographic factors, parental factors, and lifestyle factors with autism severity in children with ASD. Methods and procedures: A total of 224 children with ASD were included in this study. Their mothers completed a self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, autism severity, parenting style, parental feeding practices, parenting stress, child's sleep habits and eating behaviours. Outcomes and results: As high as 78.1 % of the children with ASD demonstrated a high level of autism severity. Multiple linear regression showed that father's employment status (B = 6.970, 95 % CI = 3.172, 10.768, p < 0.001) and perceived child weight (B = 3.338, 95 % CI = 1.350, 5.327},
note = {cited By 0},
keywords = {Article, Autism, Body Weight, Children, Cross-Sectional Study, Demography, Disease Association, Disease Severity, Employment, Female, Human, Lifestyle, Major Clinical Study, Malaysia, Malaysian, Male, Parents, Preschool Child, School Child, Social Status},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{BalbirSingh20192544,
title = {Assessment of knowledge and attitude among postnatal mothers towards childhood vaccination in Malaysia},
author = {H K Balbir Singh and V B Badgujar and R S Yahaya and S Abd Rahman and F M Sami and S Badgujar and S N Govindan and M T Ansari},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067899547&doi=10.1080%2f21645515.2019.1612666&partnerID=40&md5=2da8ecc4fd4df251566a2f8b2454e763},
doi = {10.1080/21645515.2019.1612666},
issn = {21645515},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics},
volume = {15},
number = {11},
pages = {2544-2551},
publisher = {Taylor and Francis Inc.},
abstract = {Aim: Mothers knowledge and attitude toward childhood vaccination influence uptake is the most adequate tool and preventive aspects to infectious disease epidemics. The present study assesses and measures knowledge and attitude of postnatal mothers toward vaccination. Methods and results: The present study adopted a cross-sectional study design, whereby 200 postnatal mothers were identified during their postnatal visit to clinics. The subjects were accessed using questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding vaccination. The objectives were to study the level of knowledge, the attitude, and to find the association between knowledge and attitude of the study subjects. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 16. The results was analyzed through chi-square test. The association between age (p =.031), education (p =.021), occupation (p =.013), and knowledge score toward vaccination was found to be statistically significant. However, ethnicity (p =.127), employment (p =.197), and mode of delivery (p =.750) toward mothers vaccination knowledge were not significant for the study. Mothers education, age, and occupation were found to be associated with attitude toward childhood vaccination. No association was found between ethnicity, employment, and mode of delivery with attitude of childhood vaccination. Conclusion: More than half of the studied mothers had good knowledge scores on vaccination, more than two-thirds of the studied mothers had good attitude scores on vaccination. However, the religious misconception and fear of autism was the main cause of vaccine resistance in Malaysia. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.},
note = {cited By 0},
keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Article, Attitude, Attitude to Health, Autism, Child Health, Childhood Vaccination, Children, Cross-Sectional Study, Diphtheria Pertussis Poliomyelitis Tetanus Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Hepatitis B Vaccine, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Female, Health Knowledge, Human, Immunization Programs, Knowledge, Likert Scale, Major Clinical Study, Malaysia, Mother, Mothers, Needs Assessment, Occupation, Postnatal Care, Practice, Preschool Child, Preventive Health Service, Psychology, Questionnaires, Seasonal Influenza, Surveys, Vaccination, Young Adult},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Siah201559,
title = {Sense of coherence and WHOQoL among parents of children with ASD in Malaysia},
author = {P -C Siah and S -H Tan},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84922567900&doi=10.1515%2fijdhd-2013-0039&partnerID=40&md5=a909c24c26550aebe2c8922063d70001},
doi = {10.1515/ijdhd-2013-0039},
issn = {21911231},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {International Journal on Disability and Human Development},
volume = {14},
number = {1},
pages = {59-66},
publisher = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
abstract = {Studies have shown that most parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face more stress and have a poorer quality of life (QoL) than other parents. Nonetheless, there are still some parents of children with ASD who are able to maintain or even improve their QoL. This study is aimed to explore the relationship between SoC and WHOQoL among parents of children with ASD. Method: A total of 96 parents of children with ASD were invited to participate using a purposive sampling method. Results: The results suggested that participants in the high SoC group had better QoL in the four domains than those in the low SoC group. More importantly, not all types of SoC were relevant to QoL. Comprehensibility was relevant to all the four QoL domains and manageability was relevant to physical and psychological health, while meaningfulness was not relevant to any of the QoL domains. Conclusions: NGOs may improve the QoL of these parents by providing trainings to improve their SOC, especially in comprehensibility and manageability. © 2015 by De Gruyter.},
note = {cited By 2},
keywords = {Adult, Age, Article, Autism, Children, Comprehension, Education, Employment, Environmental Factor, Female, Gender, Han Chinese, Health, Housewife, Human, Income, Indian, Major Clinical Study, Malay, Malaysia, Male, Marriage, Mental Health, Parental Attitude, Pensioner, Psychological Aspect, Quality of Life, Religion, Sampling, Sense of Coherence, Social Interactions},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}