PREVENTION IN MALAYSIA

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TELEPREVENTION IN MALAYSIA AKRAM ABDALLA ADORA
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PREVENTION IN MALAYSIA

• Health prevention in Malaysia is fairly low
  despite the many health campaigns and public
  awareness programs organised by the Malaysian
  Government.
• Malaysians are mostly unaware of early symptoms
  and signs until it is too late for cure
• Curable disease (cancer, heart problems)
• Incurable disease (HIV)
• Undeniably, more lives could be saved if
  Malaysians were more aware of the situation
  before it is too late.

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PREVENTION IN MALAYSIA

• Malaysians are slowly accepting the use of
  technology in daily life.
• Malaysian Health Ministry has also established an
  official website to promote healthy lifestyles
• However, most still prefer traditional methods
• Newspapers
• Health pamphlets
• Articles
• Books

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SURVEY OVERVIEW

• Conducted a survey (online and offline) to a
  total of 540 people in Melaka
• These consisted of 2 different survey analysis,
  one by category and the other according to age
  groups
• 336 were from 3 survey groups Multimedia
  University, Pantai Medical Centre and Manipal
  Medical College
• The other 204 samples were randomly selected from
  various age groups ranging from primary school
  students to pensioners.
• The aim was to evaluate the level of
  Teleprevention awareness in the state

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY

• MEDIUM OF INFORMATION
• Internet as the main medium
• Therefore, Teleprevention holds a large success
  rate upon implementation
• Internet facilities made available at affordable
  rates would allow more people accessibility to
  connect to the Internet
• Create Teleprevention awareness by organizing
  Health Campaigns and programs

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY

• INTERNET PURPOSE
• Obvious drop in the purpose of Internet usage for
  all three survey groups was for Health purposes.
• It is surprising how people on the whole are
  able to be very concerned about overall health
  but yet remain adamant in searching for health
  related information
• Immediate action has to be taken to create public
  awareness on the abundance of health information
  mainly for prevention of diseases that are placed
  on the Internet

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY

• TELEPREVENTION AWARENESS
• People working in the medical line such as
  doctors and nurses were more aware of
  Teleprevention
• nature of their working environment
• more likely to be exposed to the concept of
  Teleprevention
• Others are relatively unaware of Teleprevention
• Lack of exposure and concern about health related
  matters

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY

• AWARE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TELEMEDICINE AND
  TELEPREVENTION
• Manipal Medical College had the highest number of
  survey results proclaiming they understood the
  differences between Telemedicine and
  Teleprevention.
• They also have the least no and not sure
  answers in comparison to the other 2 survey
  groups.
• The other 2 groups had very high uncertainty
  rates for this question

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP

• AGE GROUP CATEGORIES
• Of the total 204 numbers of surveys conducted on
  random people, we have received the most (33)
  from the 18-25 age group.
• The least lot consisted of people from age 60 and
  above with only 20 samples.

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP

• MEDIUM OF INFORMATION
• Newspapers and Television play a major role in
  relaying information for most age groups.
• Therefore, we should use such mediums to promote
  Teleprevention and create awareness in the
  community.
• The Internet is also seen to play a fair amount
  in spreading information

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP

• TELEPREVENTION AWARENESS
• The age group to have the highest understanding
  on Teleprevention is the middle age group
  (25-40).
• None of the samples aged 12-17 showed any
  Teleprevention awareness
• However, the majority of all groups state that
  they do not know of Teleprevention or Internet
  prevention

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP

• INTERNET AS A TELEPREVENTION TOOL
• People below the age of 60 highly agree that
  Internet is the best tool for Teleprevention
• However, only 40 of the sample age above 60
  agree to that statement.
• This could be partly due to the lack of exposure
  to the Internet on their part and would prefer a
  more traditional approach.

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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP
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SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP

• HEALTH PREVENTION ASSOCIATION
• All groups have associated health prevention with
  modern medicine.
• Traditional medicine and Religion have fairly
  similar results.
• This shows that people undeniably rely heavily on
  modern medicine to prevent and cure health
  problems as compared to the times where
  traditional medicine was the preferred choice.

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METHODS TO CREATE TELEPREVENTION AWARENESS IN
MALAYSIA

• Start Teleprevention Centres
• Promote through campaigns
• Provide Internet facilities to rural areas
• Conduct special training programs for individuals
  interested to be part of the Teleprevention
  Community