Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend

Cancer cases are on the rise in Malaysia with occurrence felt in almost every household. Cancer is the 9th admitted cases and the 3rd causes of death in the Ministry of Health Malaysia hospitals (MoH,2016). Children are not exempted. Extended Caregivers (E-CGs) , including parents, upon diagnosed, h...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Chiam, Tat Hong, Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah, Md Alwi, Ahmad Naufal
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	NA4100 Special classes of buildings NA4170 Public buildings RJ Pediatrics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/1/Poster%20EHD-2017-NMN-080617-final.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/5/57515-abstract.pdf

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spelling	iium-575152017-07-07T07:24:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/ Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Chiam, Tat Hong Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Ahmad Naufal NA4100 Special classes of buildings NA4170 Public buildings RJ Pediatrics Cancer cases are on the rise in Malaysia with occurrence felt in almost every household. Cancer is the 9th admitted cases and the 3rd causes of death in the Ministry of Health Malaysia hospitals (MoH,2016). Children are not exempted. Extended Caregivers (E-CGs) , including parents, upon diagnosed, had to change their lifestyle abruptly. Some take leaves from work and schools. They need to frequent the designated hospitals every other day for their children's treatment, to give support and encouragement. This move, inevitably, make hospitals their 2nd home. Malaysia is home to multi-ethnicity and multi-religious population. Cancer diagnosis in their love ones creates anxiety and depression. Although there were many researches made to support the caregivers with caring environment and services, however due to the aged facility and lack of budget, current paediatric oncology unit lack the spatial compassionate care environment for both patients as well as their caregivers. This research reviews the potential of selected existing paediatric oncology facilities of a hospital with the intention of providing pragmatic recommendation for its immediate enhancement. The aim is to enable patients and their caregivers to experience bearable stay in the hospital while treatment goes on. Explorative method is adopted for this research. Selected hospitals with paediatric oncology unit were visited, observed and participants interviewed, as case studies. Analysis was conducted through trending and comparison with demands on designs required for paediatric oncology unit, made. The design proposals are preliminary outcomes and subject to respective hospital management’s approval of its implementation. Care has to go on. General findings denote how Malaysians, despite all odds, in the spirit of a common vigilance of their love ones, still have a way to make a home away from home, through creative improvisation. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/1/Poster%20EHD-2017-NMN-080617-final.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/5/57515-abstract.pdf Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Chiam, Tat Hong and Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah and Md Alwi, Ahmad Naufal (2017) Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend. In: European Healthcare Design 2017, 11-14th June 2017, London, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	NA4100 Special classes of buildings NA4170 Public buildings RJ Pediatrics Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Chiam, Tat Hong Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Ahmad Naufal Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend
description	Cancer cases are on the rise in Malaysia with occurrence felt in almost every household. Cancer is the 9th admitted cases and the 3rd causes of death in the Ministry of Health Malaysia hospitals (MoH,2016). Children are not exempted. Extended Caregivers (E-CGs) , including parents, upon diagnosed, had to change their lifestyle abruptly. Some take leaves from work and schools. They need to frequent the designated hospitals every other day for their children's treatment, to give support and encouragement. This move, inevitably, make hospitals their 2nd home. Malaysia is home to multi-ethnicity and multi-religious population. Cancer diagnosis in their love ones creates anxiety and depression. Although there were many researches made to support the caregivers with caring environment and services, however due to the aged facility and lack of budget, current paediatric oncology unit lack the spatial compassionate care environment for both patients as well as their caregivers. This research reviews the potential of selected existing paediatric oncology facilities of a hospital with the intention of providing pragmatic recommendation for its immediate enhancement. The aim is to enable patients and their caregivers to experience bearable stay in the hospital while treatment goes on. Explorative method is adopted for this research. Selected hospitals with paediatric oncology unit were visited, observed and participants interviewed, as case studies. Analysis was conducted through trending and comparison with demands on designs required for paediatric oncology unit, made. The design proposals are preliminary outcomes and subject to respective hospital management’s approval of its implementation. Care has to go on. General findings denote how Malaysians, despite all odds, in the spirit of a common vigilance of their love ones, still have a way to make a home away from home, through creative improvisation.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Chiam, Tat Hong Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Ahmad Naufal
author_facet	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Chiam, Tat Hong Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Ahmad Naufal
author_sort	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
title	Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend
title_short	Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend
title_full	Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend
title_fullStr	Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend
title_sort	enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the malaysian way: review, revive, recommend
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/1/Poster%20EHD-2017-NMN-080617-final.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/57515/5/57515-abstract.pdf
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Enhancing the environment of paediatric oncology unit the Malaysian way: Review, revive, recommend

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