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Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia

Malaysia's economic development increases the demand for immigrant workers to ensure health equality. To achieve Universal Health Coverage, issues related to immigrants need to be revisited. A narrative review was conducted on specific scopes of health access barriers among immigrants from Scop...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin,, Nor Aliya Ayub,, Nor Azila Muhd Aris,, Nur Atiqah Mohd Ahwan,, Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi,, Rosnah Sutan,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
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spelling my-ukm.journal.234602024-05-08T04:04:37Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23460/ Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin, Nor Aliya Ayub, Nor Azila Muhd Aris, Nur Atiqah Mohd Ahwan, Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi, Rosnah Sutan, Malaysia's economic development increases the demand for immigrant workers to ensure health equality. To achieve Universal Health Coverage, issues related to immigrants need to be revisited. A narrative review was conducted on specific scopes of health access barriers among immigrants from Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Immigrants face health inequalities due to complex immigration policies, cultural and social adaptation differences, language barriers, financial constraints, and low literacy awareness of healthcare systems. This brief essay highlights challenges for immigrants adhering to Malaysia’s Health White Paper strategies in meeting Universal Health Coverage. Expanding these strategies is vital to uphold immigrants’ fundamental rights and ensure health equality among the minority group of the population. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024-02-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23460/1/vol14no12024%206.pdf Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin, and Nor Aliya Ayub, and Nor Azila Muhd Aris, and Nur Atiqah Mohd Ahwan, and Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi, and Rosnah Sutan, (2024) Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Research, 14 (1). pp. 1853-1857. ISSN 2232-0245 http://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr
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description Malaysia's economic development increases the demand for immigrant workers to ensure health equality. To achieve Universal Health Coverage, issues related to immigrants need to be revisited. A narrative review was conducted on specific scopes of health access barriers among immigrants from Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Immigrants face health inequalities due to complex immigration policies, cultural and social adaptation differences, language barriers, financial constraints, and low literacy awareness of healthcare systems. This brief essay highlights challenges for immigrants adhering to Malaysia’s Health White Paper strategies in meeting Universal Health Coverage. Expanding these strategies is vital to uphold immigrants’ fundamental rights and ensure health equality among the minority group of the population.
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author Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin,
Nor Aliya Ayub,
Nor Azila Muhd Aris,
Nur Atiqah Mohd Ahwan,
Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi,
Rosnah Sutan,
spellingShingle Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin,
Nor Aliya Ayub,
Nor Azila Muhd Aris,
Nur Atiqah Mohd Ahwan,
Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi,
Rosnah Sutan,
Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia
author_facet Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin,
Nor Aliya Ayub,
Nor Azila Muhd Aris,
Nur Atiqah Mohd Ahwan,
Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi,
Rosnah Sutan,
author_sort Muhammad Qusyairi Fakuruddin,
title Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia
title_short Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia
title_full Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia
title_fullStr Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in Malaysia
title_sort population growth demand and challenges of health equality among immigrants towards healthcare services in malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2024
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23460/1/vol14no12024%206.pdf
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