Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

399. Leow, P. T. Psychological adaptation and the health status of Sungei Ruil Semai
community. Research report. Univ. Malaya, 1978.
400. Tan, E. K., and H. Armstrong. Mental illness in the Orang Asli (Aborigines) of West
Malaysia. MJM 31 (2):87-92, 1976. (Gombak hospital patients were studied over a 5-year
period.)
XIV. Nutrition
401. Al-Mekhlafi, M., et al. Giardiases as a predictor of childhood malnutrition in Orang Asli
children in Malaysia. TRSTMH 99 (9):686-691, 2005. (25% of Selangor Orang Asli children
had Giardia duodenalis; 56%, 61%, and 15% of the children were underweight, stunted, or
wasted, respectively. Giardiases was statistically a strong predictor of wasting.)
402. Al-Mekhlafi, M., et al. Protein-energy malnutrition and soil-transmitted helminthiases
among Orang Asli children in Selangor, Malaysia. Asia Pacific J. Clinical Nutrition 14 (2):188-
194, 2005. (Low birth weight and severe trichuriasis were risk factors in stunting.)
403. Al-Mekhlafi. M., et al. Prevalence and predictors of low serum retinol and
hypoalbuminaemia among children in rural Peninsular Malaysia. TRSTMH 101 (12):1233-1240,
2007. (Studied 281 Orang Asli children in Selangor, 2-15 years of age; found severe ascariasis,
severe stunting, and giardiases were associated with low serum retinol. Intestinal parasitemia and
low household income were predictors of hypoalbuminemia. Recommended reduction of
intestinal parasitemia be included in programs to prevent malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency
in Orang Asli.)
404. Al-Mekhlafi, M., et al. Current prevalence and predictors of protein-energy malnutrition
among schoolchildren in rural Peninsula Malaysia. SEAJTMPH 39 (5):922-931, 2008. (Among
241 Post Betau Semai children, 90% were underweight, 87% were stunted, and 49% were wasted.
Children up to the age of 10 years were most affected by stunting. Remediation programs were
suggested.)
405. Bolton, J. Food taboos among the Orang Asli in West Malaysia: a potential nutritional
hazard. American J. Clinical Nutrition 25:789-799, 1972. (Nutrition of Ulu Langat Temuan
children and of Kg. Satak Semai and Kg. Belatim Temiar of all ages was adequate at the time;
lists food taboos of Semai, Temiar, Semelai, Chewong, Jah Hut, Semaq Beri, Mahmeri, Kensiu,
Jehai, Mendriq, Batek, Lanoh, Orang Kanak, Orang Selatar, and Orang Kuala.)
406. Chee, H. L. Health and nutrition of the Orang Asli: the need for primary health care amidst
economic transformation. In Indigenous Minorities of Peninsular Malaysia, Razha Rashid, ed.
Intersocietal and Scientific, Kuala Lumpur, 1995. Pp. 48-71. (A review that cites and discusses
some unpublished work.)
407. Dentan, R. Some Semoi Semai dietary restrictions. PhD dissertation, Yale Univ., New
Haven, Conn., 1965. (On Batu Berangkai and Kuala Jinter.)
408. Endicott, K. L. Batek Negrito sex roles. Second Internat. Congress on Hunter-Gatherers.
Lavalle, Quebec, 1980. Pp. 625-670. (Contains food consumption data.)
409. Foo, E-L. The ethnobotany of the Orang Asli, Malaysia, with a special reference to their
food crops. Univ. Malaya, Botany Unit, Kuala Lumpur, 1972. (Mainly on Semelai.)