Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study

Introduction Tong Nibong is a Bidayuh village located at Sarawak Kalimantan border. Since the year 2004 to 2009, a total of 537 cases of malaria were recorded in Serian District of which 14 cases were reported from Kampung Tong Nibong. Community empowerment programme for malaria infection preventio...

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Main Authors:	Hasnor Hadi Asim, Normawati Ahmad, Abu Bakar Rahman, Nik Mansor Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Abdullah, Md Sabtuah Royali, Albeny Joseph Panting, Nurashma J, Ricky Sungom G, Yusoff Adon
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Published:	Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
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spelling	ukm-115742018-04-13T21:22:14Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11574/ Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study Hasnor Hadi Asim, Normawati Ahmad, Abu Bakar Rahman, Nik Mansor Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Abdullah, Md Sabtuah Royali, Albeny Joseph Panting, Nurashma J, Ricky Sungom G, Yusoff Adon, Introduction Tong Nibong is a Bidayuh village located at Sarawak Kalimantan border. Since the year 2004 to 2009, a total of 537 cases of malaria were recorded in Serian District of which 14 cases were reported from Kampung Tong Nibong. Community empowerment programme for malaria infection prevention showed tremendous improvement in implementation. This intervention study aims to gauge the effectiveness of community empowerment approach in malaria elimination programme in Kampung Tong Nibong Serian. Methods An intervention study was conducted with pre and post data collection. Data was collected using validated questionnaire by face to face interview. Universal sampling method was used to select respondents from head of household and post data was collected after intervention activities were carried out within a year of study period. Results The study showed significant difference on level of knowledge of respondents on vector of malaria between pre and post data with a P < 0.05. There was significant difference between pre and post data on practices on control and prevention of malaria with a P < 0.05. The same goes to level of positive attitude of respondents towards malaria control. Conclusions In conclusion, the study can be considered successful because there is significant difference in knowledge, attitude and practice among the respondents between pre and post data. This indicates that community empowerment (voluntary participation) measures can be implemented in high risk or endemic areas where malaria is a persistent problem to the community and health institutions faces many limiting factors. Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11574/1/74-540-1-PB.pdf Hasnor Hadi Asim, and Normawati Ahmad, and Abu Bakar Rahman, and Nik Mansor Ibrahim, and Mohd Nasir Abdullah, and Md Sabtuah Royali, and Albeny Joseph Panting, and Nurashma J, and Ricky Sungom G, and Yusoff Adon, (2017) Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study. International Journal of Public Health Research, 7 (2). pp. 807-813. ISSN 2232-0245 http://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/9
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description	Introduction Tong Nibong is a Bidayuh village located at Sarawak Kalimantan border. Since the year 2004 to 2009, a total of 537 cases of malaria were recorded in Serian District of which 14 cases were reported from Kampung Tong Nibong. Community empowerment programme for malaria infection prevention showed tremendous improvement in implementation. This intervention study aims to gauge the effectiveness of community empowerment approach in malaria elimination programme in Kampung Tong Nibong Serian. Methods An intervention study was conducted with pre and post data collection. Data was collected using validated questionnaire by face to face interview. Universal sampling method was used to select respondents from head of household and post data was collected after intervention activities were carried out within a year of study period. Results The study showed significant difference on level of knowledge of respondents on vector of malaria between pre and post data with a P < 0.05. There was significant difference between pre and post data on practices on control and prevention of malaria with a P < 0.05. The same goes to level of positive attitude of respondents towards malaria control. Conclusions In conclusion, the study can be considered successful because there is significant difference in knowledge, attitude and practice among the respondents between pre and post data. This indicates that community empowerment (voluntary participation) measures can be implemented in high risk or endemic areas where malaria is a persistent problem to the community and health institutions faces many limiting factors.
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author	Hasnor Hadi Asim, Normawati Ahmad, Abu Bakar Rahman, Nik Mansor Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Abdullah, Md Sabtuah Royali, Albeny Joseph Panting, Nurashma J, Ricky Sungom G, Yusoff Adon,
spellingShingle	Hasnor Hadi Asim, Normawati Ahmad, Abu Bakar Rahman, Nik Mansor Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Abdullah, Md Sabtuah Royali, Albeny Joseph Panting, Nurashma J, Ricky Sungom G, Yusoff Adon, Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study
author_facet	Hasnor Hadi Asim, Normawati Ahmad, Abu Bakar Rahman, Nik Mansor Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Abdullah, Md Sabtuah Royali, Albeny Joseph Panting, Nurashma J, Ricky Sungom G, Yusoff Adon,
author_sort	Hasnor Hadi Asim,
title	Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study
title_short	Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study
title_full	Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study
title_fullStr	Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study
title_full_unstemmed	Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study
title_sort	community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in kampung tong nibong, sarawak: an intervention study
publisher	Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11574/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11574/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11574/1/74-540-1-PB.pdf
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Community empowerment for malaria control and prevention in Kampung Tong Nibong, Sarawak: an intervention study

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