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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2025

Impact of Health Education on Infectious Disease Knowledge in Indigenous Communities in Northwestern Malaysia.

Barathan Muttiah, Wathiqah Wahid, Alfizah Hanafiah

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Barathan MuttiahDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8861-2786
Wathiqah WahidDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-2114-9643
Alfizah HanafiahDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-4859-1439

Funding

National University of Malaysia JEP-2024-173.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indigenous people possess unique health literacy issues and challenges with preventing infectious diseases. This research assessed the baseline knowledge and misinformation in the Semai indigenous subgroup in Perak state, Malaysia, and the impact of a culturally adapted health education intervention. A single-group pre-test/post-test design was used with 156 participants ranging from 7 to 69 years old, predominantly children. The survey addressed key issues of head lice, intestinal parasites, tuberculosis (TB), handwashing, and germ transmission. An interactive, multi-station health education session in the local language produced a significant increase in overall knowledge (mean score increased from 3.17 to 3.83 out of 5,

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community-based health educationhealth literacyhygiene practicesindigenous healthinfectious diseasesknowledge interventionMalaysiaSemai

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PMID40711068
PMCPMC12297879

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