Evaluation of the Healthy Village Program in Kapit District, Sarawak, Malaysia
Health promot. int
; 21(1): 13-18, Mar. 2006.
Article
in English
| CidSaúde - Healthy cities
| ID: cid-55374
Responsible library:
BR67.1
Localization: BR67.1
ABSTRACT
Sarawak, Malaysia has a large population of ethnic minorities who live in longhouses in remote rural areas where poverty, non-communicable diseases, accidentes and injuries, environmental hazards and communicable diseases all contribute to a lower quality of life than is possible to achieve in these regions. To address these issues and improve the quality of life for longhouse people, the Kapit Divisional Health Office implemented the World Health Organization's Healthy Village programme in 2000. An evaluation was undertaken in 2003 to determine physical and behavioural changes resulting from the programme. The main changes evaluated were those involving smoking habits, exercise habits, health screening, fire safety, environmental improvements and food preparation and hygiene. A qualitative evaluation was conducted using participant observation and key-informant interviews, focus groups and observation. Results indicate that the programme is inspiring changes in various behavioural and physical characteristics of the study population. It is clear that the Healthy Village programme is a widely accepted way of improving health outcomes in longhouses, and that it is succeeding in making beneficial health changes. (AU)
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Collection:
Tematic databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
Database:
CidSaúde - Healthy cities
Main subject:
Quality of Life
/
Healthy City
Type of study:
Evaluation study
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Qualitative research
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Language:
English
Journal:
Health promot. int
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Kapit Divisional Health Office/Malaysia
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Sarawak Health Department/Malaysia
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University of Queensland/Australia
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University of Sydney/Australia