In Malaysia, GATS Was Conducted In 2011 As A Nationally Representative Household Survey Of Persons 15 Years Of Age And Older Using A Standard Core Questionnaire Plus Country Adapted Questions, Sample Design, As Well As Data Collection And Management Procedures. The Institute For Public Health (IPH) Is The Implementing Agency For GATS Malaysia, In Collaboration With The Tobacco Control Unit & FCTC Secretariat, Diseases Control Division, Health Education Division, Ministry Of Health Malaysian And University Of Malaya. WHO Geneva Provided The Financial Support For Conducting GATS Malaysia. A Multi-stage Stratified Probability Sampling Design Was Used To Select 426 Enumeration Blocks And 5112 Living Quarters For The Survey. One Individual Was Randomly Chosen From Each Selected Living Quarter To Participate In The Survey. GATS Was The First Nationwide Household Survey By IPH To Be Conducted Using Handheld Devices. Data Collection Was Outsourced To A Research Company And This Was The First Time IPH Outsourced Data Collection Activity. Data Collection Was Commenced Immediately After Training Of Field Staff For A Period Of Eight Weeks; I.e. From 24 October To 18 December 2011. Data Collection Was Via Face-to-face Interview Using A Structured, Pre-tested Questionnaire. There Were A Total Of 4742 Completed Interviews. Data Was Analysed Using Sample Weights Which Was Approved By GATS Sample Review Committee. A Report And Fact Sheet Were Produced Four Months After Data Collection.
NHMS 2011 Objectives; To Provide Health Related Community Base Data And Information So As To Support The Ministry Of Health Malaysia In Reviewing Its Health Priorities, Programme Strategies, Activities And Planning Its Allocation Of Resources. Scopes Covered In NHMS 2011 Were Grouped Into Two Major Components; Health Care Demand Of The Community In Malaysia (load Of Illness, Health Seeking Behaviour, Health Service Utilisation And Healthcare Cost) And Non-communicatble Diseases (nutritional Status Including Obesity, Physical Inactivity, Hypertension, Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia) Including Other Health Related Problems (mental Health Problems Of Adults And Children, Home Injury).
National Health And Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018: Elderly Health Was Part Of NHMS V (2015-2018). The Objective Of This Survey Was To Provide Health Related Community-based Data And Information To The Ministry Of Health To Review Health Priorities, Program Strategies And Activities, And To Plan For The Allocation Of Resources For Pre-elderly And Elderly Health Care Services. This Survey Was Conducted As A Nation-wide Community-based Survey Targeting Elderly Aged 60 Years Or More And Pre-elderly Aged 50 To 59 Years. Data Was Collected Via Face To-face Interview At Respondent’s Homes Using Mobile Devices With Various Assessments Done Based On Topics. A Total Of 5,636 Living Quarters Were Approached With 7,117 Respondents Successfully Interviewed.
The NHMS 2015 Will Repeat Scopes Of Previous NHMS To Monitor Trends Of Health Problems And Utilisation Of Health Services In Malaysia. The NHMS 2015 Will Cover Most Of The Modules In NHMS 2011 Especially On Health Care Demands, Non-communicable Diseases And Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors, And A Few Additional Topics As Requested By The Stakeholders.
A National Wide Survey To Determine The Health Status Of Malaysian Population