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Modelling the relationship of social support on health status

Drug-abuse population were reported increasing all over the world along with the inmate's population. Drug abuser and inmates, considered as minority groups were reported receiving poor health treatment and untreated condition in most developing countries. Examining the health status among drug...

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Main Authors: Mahadzirah, Mohamad, Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim, Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff
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Language:English
Published: Medwell Journals 2017
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spelling my-unisza-ir.53702022-02-13T06:29:43Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5370/ Modelling the relationship of social support on health status Mahadzirah, Mohamad Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff BF Psychology Drug-abuse population were reported increasing all over the world along with the inmate's population. Drug abuser and inmates, considered as minority groups were reported receiving poor health treatment and untreated condition in most developing countries. Examining the health status among drug-abuse inmates would enable prison institutions to find the predicting factors that could improve health status among drug-abuse inmates. It was reported that factors such as social support could influence the improvement of health status among hug abusers. The main objective of this study was to find out whether social support does influence the health status of dig-abuse inmates or not. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to drug-abuse inmates at several prisons in Malaysia. The selection of the respondents was conducted using simple random-sampling method. The instrument comprised of two major sections measuring social support and health status. The research hypotheses were tested wing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). This study discovered a positive relationship between social support and health status. The findings of the proved that social support does influenced inmate's health status. Medwell Journals 2017-10 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5370/1/FH02-FESP-17-10643.pdf Mahadzirah, Mohamad and Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim and Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff (2017) Modelling the relationship of social support on health status. The Social Sciences, 12 (6). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1818-5800
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Mahadzirah, Mohamad
Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff
Modelling the relationship of social support on health status
description Drug-abuse population were reported increasing all over the world along with the inmate's population. Drug abuser and inmates, considered as minority groups were reported receiving poor health treatment and untreated condition in most developing countries. Examining the health status among drug-abuse inmates would enable prison institutions to find the predicting factors that could improve health status among drug-abuse inmates. It was reported that factors such as social support could influence the improvement of health status among hug abusers. The main objective of this study was to find out whether social support does influence the health status of dig-abuse inmates or not. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to drug-abuse inmates at several prisons in Malaysia. The selection of the respondents was conducted using simple random-sampling method. The instrument comprised of two major sections measuring social support and health status. The research hypotheses were tested wing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). This study discovered a positive relationship between social support and health status. The findings of the proved that social support does influenced inmate's health status.
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author Mahadzirah, Mohamad
Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff
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Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff
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title Modelling the relationship of social support on health status
title_short Modelling the relationship of social support on health status
title_full Modelling the relationship of social support on health status
title_fullStr Modelling the relationship of social support on health status
title_full_unstemmed Modelling the relationship of social support on health status
title_sort modelling the relationship of social support on health status
publisher Medwell Journals
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