Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia

The purpose of this correspondence is to express our disappointment with the coverage of the BMC Public Health supplement: Vol 19 (4) titled “Health and Nutritional Issues Among Low Income Population in Malaysia”, which neglected to include the fundamental health and nutrition issues that are advers...

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Main Authors: Khor, Geok Lin, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
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Published: BMC 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79426/1/Do%20not%20neglect%20the%20indigenous%20peoples%20.pdf
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https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-8055-8
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description The purpose of this correspondence is to express our disappointment with the coverage of the BMC Public Health supplement: Vol 19 (4) titled “Health and Nutritional Issues Among Low Income Population in Malaysia”, which neglected to include the fundamental health and nutrition issues that are adversely affecting the lives and livelihood of the indigenous peoples. The Supplement comprised 21 papers. Two of these papers included indigenous peoples as study subjects. These two papers addressed peripheral, albeit important health issues, namely visual impairment and quality of life, and not the persistent and rising health concerns impacting this population. We will provide evidence from research and reports to justify our critique that the Supplement missed the opportunity to spotlight on the serious extent of the health and nutritional deprivations of the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. As researchers of the indigenous peoples, we ought to lend our voice to the “silenced minority” by highlighting their plight in the media including scientific journals.
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spelling my.upm.eprints-794262021-04-06T07:05:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79426/ Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia Khor, Geok Lin Mohd Shariff, Zalilah The purpose of this correspondence is to express our disappointment with the coverage of the BMC Public Health supplement: Vol 19 (4) titled “Health and Nutritional Issues Among Low Income Population in Malaysia”, which neglected to include the fundamental health and nutrition issues that are adversely affecting the lives and livelihood of the indigenous peoples. The Supplement comprised 21 papers. Two of these papers included indigenous peoples as study subjects. These two papers addressed peripheral, albeit important health issues, namely visual impairment and quality of life, and not the persistent and rising health concerns impacting this population. We will provide evidence from research and reports to justify our critique that the Supplement missed the opportunity to spotlight on the serious extent of the health and nutritional deprivations of the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. As researchers of the indigenous peoples, we ought to lend our voice to the “silenced minority” by highlighting their plight in the media including scientific journals. BMC 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79426/1/Do%20not%20neglect%20the%20indigenous%20peoples%20.pdf Khor, Geok Lin and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah (2019) Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia. BMC Public Health, 19. art. no. 1685. pp. 1-5. ISSN 1471-2458 https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-8055-8 10.1186/s12889-019-8055-8
spellingShingle Khor, Geok Lin
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Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia
title Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia
title_full Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia
title_fullStr Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia
title_short Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia
title_sort do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in malaysia
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https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-8055-8
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