Skill Development and Motivational Enhancement to Change Drinking Behavior in Sabah Borneo

Alcohol is the third highest risk factor for disease prevalence in the world and threatens the quality of life of people and societies Consumption of alcohol is a challenge in a few of the native communities of Sabah and Sarawak with the highest prevalence of risky drinking in Malaysia This study aimed to compare drinking refusal self-efficacy DRSE and quality of life QOL between the experimental group and the control group before and after the Motivational Enhancement Intervention MEI and to compare DRSE and QOL of the experimental group before and after the MEI A quasiexperimental design was used to assess the effectiveness of MEI at baseline and three months follow-up by using pretest and posttest design A total of 56 villagers in the West Coast Division of Sabah participated in this study Purposive sampling by using Alcohol Use Identification Test AUDIT was applied to select hazardous and harmful drinkers between age 18 to 56 years old Data was analyzed by using IBM SPSS version 26 0 The result found a significant difference in DRSE and QOL in the intervention group before and after MEI A significant difference in these measures was also found between the intervention and control groups after MEI The study results are significant to provide direction for the next action plan for intervention purposes aimed to increase the ability to resist drinking alcohol in various situations and to improve the QOL among the indigenous communities of Saba

The prevalence of occupational stress and its risk factors among private higher learning institutes (IPTS) lecturers in Malaysia

In Malaysia, the education sector is one of the industries with a huge number of employees. At this recent era, most private higher education institutions (IPTS) in Malaysia face a shortage of expertise, a high turnover rate of academicians, a higher demand for industrial reform and a weak incentive system. Therefore, it leads to potential psychological stress, musculoskeletal discomfort and job satisfaction that contributing occupational stress amongst its academician per ensuring the operational success. The study aimed to determine the relationship between occupational stress and its contributing factors among IPTS lecturers by utilizing cross sectional study design. A convenient sampling was used to obtain 380 IPTS lecturers throughout Malaysia. A set of questionnaires consist of sociodemographic profile, occupational stress index (OSI), psychological stress, musculoskeletal discomfort and job satisfaction questionnaire (JSQ) was used. The outcome reveals that 87.7% and 97.5% of academician experienced moderate to high occupational stress and psychological stress respectively, 96.3% with low to moderate level of musculoskeletal discomfort and 99.7% for moderate level of job satisfaction. There was a significant relationship between occupational stress and psychological stress and occupational stress with job satisfaction. In conclusion, it is believed that there are some underlying factors had managed to account medium to high level of occupational stress among the IPTS academician. However, it is unable to link if the underlying factors plays significant role in occupational stress in which it requires future in-depth analysis