TELEPREVENTION IN MALAYSIA AKRAM ABDALLA ADORA TAN

TELEPREVENTION IN MALAYSIA

AKRAM ABDALLA

ADORA TAN

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.

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

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

SURVEY ANALYSIS BY CATEGORY


MEDIUM OF INFORMATION

46%

22%

6%6%

3%3%

14%

INTERNET

TELEVISION

NEWSPAPERS

BOOKS

MAGAZINE,

PAMPHLET

RADIO

OTHERS


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


INTERNET PURPOSE

42

17

38

22

38

76

83

93

36

61

78

67 67

26

33

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNICATION HEALTH NEWS

CATEGORIES

PERCENTAGE(%)

PANTAI MEDICAL CENTRE MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE


INTERNET PURPOSEObvious 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


58

42

35

65

39

61

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

PE

RC

EN

TA

GE

(%

)

PANTAIMEDICALCENTRE

MULTIMEDIAUNIVERSITY

MANIPALMEDICALCOLLEGE

SURVEY GROUPS

TELEPREVENTION AWARENESS

YES

NO


TELEPREVENTION AWARENESSPeople 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


AWARE OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TELEMEDICINE AND TELEPREVENTION?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

PA

NT

AI

ME

DIC

AL

CE

NT

RE

MU

LTIM

ED

IA

UN

IVE

RS

ITY

PERCENTAGE (%)

YES

NO

NOT SURE

MA

NIP

AL

ME

DIC

AL

CO

LLE

GE

SURVEY GROUPS


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

SURVEY ANALYSIS BY AGE GROUP


AGE GROUPS

13 - 17

18%

18 - 25

33%26 - 40

23%

41-60

16%

60 and above

10%

13 - 17

18 - 25

26 - 40

41-60

60 and above


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.


0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

13 - 17

18 - 25

26 - 40

41-60

60 and above

Medium Of Information

Internet

NEWSPAPERS

BOOKS

MAGAZINE, PAMPHLET

TELEVISION

RADIO

OTHERS


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



0

25

43

16

5

100

75

57

84

95

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

13 - 17 18 - 25 26 - 40 41-60 60 and above

AGE GROUPS

PE

RC

EN

TA

GE

YES

NO



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


91.9 8.1

91.2 8.8

82.9 17.0

78.1 21.9

40 60

0 50 100

13 - 17

18 - 25

26 - 40

41-60

60 and above

Can Internet Be The Main Medium For Teleprevention?

Yes

No


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.


13

44

34

7

3

70

23

3

29

40

24

6

36

37

20

7

31

45

185

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

13 -17

18 -25

26 -40

41-60 60 andabove

WHAT DO YOU ASSOCIATE "HEALTH PREVENTION" WITH?

Others

Traditional Medicine

Modern Medicine

Religion


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.

METHODS TO CREATE TELEPREVENTION AWARENESS IN MALAYSIA

Start Teleprevention Centre’s

Promote through campaigns

Provide Internet facilities to rural areas

Conduct special training programs for individuals interested to be part of the Teleprevention Community

Documents

TELEPREVENTION IN MALAYSIA AKRAM ABDALLA ADORA TAN