TY - JOUR AU - Abdullah, Nik Nairan AU - Ahmad Saman, Mohd Shahril AU - Mohd Noor, Nor Aini PY - 2016/06/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Health Screening Behaviour among Female Urban Dwellers JF - Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal JA - E-BPJ VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Elderly Environment DO - 10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.204 UR - https://ebpj.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/EBProceedings/article/view/204 SP - 117-122 AB - <p>An ageing population is a public health challenge, affects most countries. Health screenings are able to detect diseases at the earliest stage. A cross-sectional study in December 2014 conducted among 643 older women who randomly interviewed using structured questionnaire from two urban governmental health centres in Malaysia. Aims of the study were to describe health screening services behaviour and health care accessibility among women aged 50 and above. Factors such as living arrangement and age played important roles in health screening execution among older female community dwellers. Advocacy on health screening is vital as to reduce the morbidity and mortality among them.</p> ER -