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.
The National Health And Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2022: Adolescent Health Survey Will Repeat The Scopes Of Previous GSHS 2012 And NHMS 2017 To Determine The Prevalence Of Health Risk Behaviours And Protective Factors Among Adolescents In Malaysia. NHMS 2022 Was A Nationwide Cross-sectional Survey Of Malaysian Secondary School Students Using Multistage Stratified Sampling Technique. A Total Of 240 Schools From All States And Federal Territories In Malaysia Were Selected To Produce Nationally Representative Data. A Validated Self-administered Questionnaire Was Used, Similar To Those Used In The GSHS 2012 And NHMS 2017. All Scopes In The 2017 Survey Were Repeated, With Additional Scopes On Adolescents’ Perspectives On The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Their Families. A Total Of 33,523 Adolescents (form 1 To 5) Are Involved In This Study, With An Overall Response Rate Of 89.0%. Https://iku.gov.my/images/nhms-2022/Report_Malaysia_nhms_ahs_2022.pdf
Two Main Scopes Will Be Included In The Survey. Scopes In The 2012 Survey Will Be Repeated And An Additional Scope On Oral Health Will Be Included 1. The Global School Health Survey (GSHS) GSHS Surveillance Project Designed By The World Health Organisation To Help Countries To Measure And Assess The Behavioural Risk Factors And Protective Factors In 10 Key Areas Among Young People Aged 13 To 17 Years (form 1 To 5). The GSHS Is A Relatively Low-cost School-based Survey Which Uses A Self-administered Questionnaire To Obtain Data On Young People's Health Behaviour And Protective Factors Related To The Leading Causes Of Morbidity And Mortality Among Children And Adults Worldwide. As In The Previous Survey, Additional Modules On Mental Health To Cover Depression, Anxiety And Stress Will Be Included The Survey. 2. National School-Based Nutrition Survey The National School-Based Nutrition Survey Consisted Of A Few Nutrition-related Components, Including Nutritional Status, Meal Pattern, Physical Activity, Behaviour Modification, Supplement Intake, Food Frequency Intake, And 24-hour Dietary Recall. The Survey Will Be Targeted At Students Aged 10 To 17 Years (standard 4 To Form 5).
The Tobacco & E-Cigarette Survey Among Malaysian Adolescent (TECMA) 2016 Is A Nationally Representative Study Which Has Been Carried Out To Obtain The Latest Information On Tobacco And E-cigarette/vape Usage Among Malaysian Adolescents As There Is No National Study On This Subject. The Objectives Of This Study Were To Determine E-cigarette/vape Usage, To Assess Student Related Knowledge And Behaviour Towards E-cigarette/vape Usage And To Determine The Prevalence Of Dual Users (tobacco And E-cigarette/vape Users) Among Malaysian Adolescents. A Two-stage Stratified Cluster Sampling Design Was Used For This Survey To Produce A Nationally Representative Data. The Target Population Were School Going Adolescents. A Total Of 14,833 Students From 138 Schools From 15 States Were Selected. A Self-administered Questionnaire Was Used As A Tool For This Survey.