Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge

The study aimed to assess the awareness and perception on palliative care among students in Malaysia and argues that awareness could be increase with the help of Internet Technology through various means of disseminating information to the public. Background: Understanding the level of awareness and...

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Main Author:	Mohamadali, Noor Azizah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/2/Proceeding_ISTIE_2015.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/6/Exploring_Awarness.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/3/Certificate_-_194.pdf

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spelling	iium-443582016-06-15T04:14:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/ Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge Mohamadali, Noor Azizah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science The study aimed to assess the awareness and perception on palliative care among students in Malaysia and argues that awareness could be increase with the help of Internet Technology through various means of disseminating information to the public. Background: Understanding the level of awareness and perception on Palliative Care (PC) would be vital to ensure services and facilities provided for PC reached those in needs of services. Despite the fact that PC has been around for more than two decades in Malaysia, many are still unaware of its existence and the role it play. Method: An online and self-administered questionnaire was posted in Doctorate Support Group in Facebook to assess palliative care knowledge among the students who are currently pursuing either master or doctorate study. The study included only Malaysian students’ population. Findings: A total of 101 students participated in the survey with 62 valid responses. The majority of students, 52% (n=32) indicated that they have no knowledge in Palliative Care. Further, there is no much different in the level of awareness between student of age between 18 – 29 years and 30 years old and above. 21% (n=13) of the respondents who answered that they have knowledge on palliative care, indicated that their source of information on Palliative Care comes from social media such as Internet sources and Facebook. Interestingly, those responded that they have knowledge on Palliative care, their awareness on services offered, existence of Pediatric Palliative Care, whether services offered is free of charge etc., are shown low. Conclusion: In the age of digital, information is being shared in a matter of second all over the world. The findings from this study showed that level of awareness and knowledge on Palliative Care among students in Malaysia is still low although Palliative Care has been established for more than 20 years now. This findings hopefully will helps the NGOs and government to take more proactive approach to raise public awareness on PC through sharing and disseminating information to the public by utilizing the services provided by Internet 2015-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/2/Proceeding_ISTIE_2015.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/6/Exploring_Awarness.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/3/Certificate_-_194.pdf Mohamadali, Noor Azizah (2015) Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge. In: 3rd International Conference on Internet Services Technology and Information Engineering 2015, 30-31 May 2015, Bali, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Mohamadali, Noor Azizah Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge
description	The study aimed to assess the awareness and perception on palliative care among students in Malaysia and argues that awareness could be increase with the help of Internet Technology through various means of disseminating information to the public. Background: Understanding the level of awareness and perception on Palliative Care (PC) would be vital to ensure services and facilities provided for PC reached those in needs of services. Despite the fact that PC has been around for more than two decades in Malaysia, many are still unaware of its existence and the role it play. Method: An online and self-administered questionnaire was posted in Doctorate Support Group in Facebook to assess palliative care knowledge among the students who are currently pursuing either master or doctorate study. The study included only Malaysian students’ population. Findings: A total of 101 students participated in the survey with 62 valid responses. The majority of students, 52% (n=32) indicated that they have no knowledge in Palliative Care. Further, there is no much different in the level of awareness between student of age between 18 – 29 years and 30 years old and above. 21% (n=13) of the respondents who answered that they have knowledge on palliative care, indicated that their source of information on Palliative Care comes from social media such as Internet sources and Facebook. Interestingly, those responded that they have knowledge on Palliative care, their awareness on services offered, existence of Pediatric Palliative Care, whether services offered is free of charge etc., are shown low. Conclusion: In the age of digital, information is being shared in a matter of second all over the world. The findings from this study showed that level of awareness and knowledge on Palliative Care among students in Malaysia is still low although Palliative Care has been established for more than 20 years now. This findings hopefully will helps the NGOs and government to take more proactive approach to raise public awareness on PC through sharing and disseminating information to the public by utilizing the services provided by Internet
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamadali, Noor Azizah
author_facet	Mohamadali, Noor Azizah
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title	Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge
title_short	Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge
title_full	Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge
title_fullStr	Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - Internet as source of knowledge
title_sort	exploring awareness and perception on palliative care - internet as source of knowledge
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/2/Proceeding_ISTIE_2015.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/6/Exploring_Awarness.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44358/3/Certificate_-_194.pdf
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