Siti Hawa Ali
Biographic Data
| ID | 6664804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siti Hawa Ali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siti Hawa |
| FAMILY NAME | Ali |
| SIGNATURE | ALI S H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4856-4318 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Health-Related Quality of Life and Family Functioning of Primary Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Malaysia
Caregiving for children with cerebral palsy (CP) has proved to negatively impact on the physical and psychological well-being of their primary caregivers. The aim of the current study was to examine the overall impact of caregiving for children with CP on the primary caregivers' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and family functioning, and to identify potential factors associated with primary caregivers' HRQOL and family functioning. The cro…
HIV-related characteristics among female partners of injecting drug users in Kelantan, Malaysia
Kelantan, a northeastern state in Peninsular Malaysia, is one of the states that has been acutely hit by injecting drug user (IDU)-driven HIV epidemic, in addition to having a high number of infected women in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study describes the socio-demographic characteristics, HIV risk factors, risk perception, and adoption of preventive behaviors among female partners of IDUs in Kelantan. Out of 101 women, the majority of them a…
Patterns of help-seeking among women experiencing intimate partner violence in Malaysia
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is not a new phenomenon and has consequences for women's well-being. Experiencing IPV is considered very stressful and the women who experience it struggle to survive emotional, physical and sexual violence. The purpose of this study is to identify the pattern of help-seeking by women who have experienced intimate partner violence and their level of satisfaction with the help they receive. Furthermore, this study h…
Health impact of intimate partner violence and implication on services in Malaysia
Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2009 until May 2010 among women experiencing IPV who sought help from thirteen women non-governmental organizations in Malaysia. A total of 316 women were randomly selected and interviewed using a translated and validated WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Life Experiences questionnaire. Data was analyzed using PASW version 18. The disseminations of the results from t…
An integrated health sector response to violence against women in Malaysia
The national implementation of OSCC provides a potentially important source of support for women experiencing violence. Our findings confirm that pilot interventions for health sector responses to gender based violence can be scaled up only when there is a sound health infrastructure in place - in other words a supportive health system. Furthermore, the successful replication of the OSCC model in other similar settings requires that the model - a…
Western Theories and Local Practice
This paper explains the nature and trend of social work education in Malaysia. Particular attention is given to training programmes conducted by the Ministry of National Unity and Community Development (previously known as the Ministry of Social Welfare) and the School of Social Sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. Since social work education is, to some extent, inseparable from social work practice, this paper also shows how social…
Patterns of help-seeking among women experiencing intimate partner violence in Malaysia
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is not a new phenomenon and has consequences for women's well-being. Experiencing IPV is considered very stressful and the women who experience it struggle to survive emotional, physical and sexual violence. The purpose of this study is to identify the pattern of help-seeking by women who have experienced intimate partner violence and their level of satisfaction with the help they receive. Furthermore, this study h…
Western Theories and Local Practice
This paper explains the nature and trend of social work education in Malaysia. Particular attention is given to training programmes conducted by the Ministry of National Unity and Community Development (previously known as the Ministry of Social Welfare) and the School of Social Sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. Since social work education is, to some extent, inseparable from social work practice, this paper also shows how social…
Health impact of intimate partner violence and implication on services in Malaysia
Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2009 until May 2010 among women experiencing IPV who sought help from thirteen women non-governmental organizations in Malaysia. A total of 316 women were randomly selected and interviewed using a translated and validated WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Life Experiences questionnaire. Data was analyzed using PASW version 18. The disseminations of the results from t…
An integrated health sector response to violence against women in Malaysia
The national implementation of OSCC provides a potentially important source of support for women experiencing violence. Our findings confirm that pilot interventions for health sector responses to gender based violence can be scaled up only when there is a sound health infrastructure in place - in other words a supportive health system. Furthermore, the successful replication of the OSCC model in other similar settings requires that the model - a…
HIV-related characteristics among female partners of injecting drug users in Kelantan, Malaysia
Kelantan, a northeastern state in Peninsular Malaysia, is one of the states that has been acutely hit by injecting drug user (IDU)-driven HIV epidemic, in addition to having a high number of infected women in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study describes the socio-demographic characteristics, HIV risk factors, risk perception, and adoption of preventive behaviors among female partners of IDUs in Kelantan. Out of 101 women, the majority of them a…
Patterns of help-seeking among women experiencing intimate partner violence in Malaysia
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is not a new phenomenon and has consequences for women's well-being. Experiencing IPV is considered very stressful and the women who experience it struggle to survive emotional, physical and sexual violence. The purpose of this study is to identify the pattern of help-seeking by women who have experienced intimate partner violence and their level of satisfaction with the help they receive. Furthermore, this study h…
Health-Related Quality of Life and Family Functioning of Primary Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Malaysia
Caregiving for children with cerebral palsy (CP) has proved to negatively impact on the physical and psychological well-being of their primary caregivers. The aim of the current study was to examine the overall impact of caregiving for children with CP on the primary caregivers' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and family functioning, and to identify potential factors associated with primary caregivers' HRQOL and family functioning. The cro…
Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Cross-sectional study (2 works) · Domestic violence (2 works)