Background: Child safety at home is the major concern of parents worldwide. Earlier studies showed knowledge and perception of parents in the area of injury influenced their safety behaviour at home but such information on Malaysian parents is limited. This study aimed to explore mothers’ knowledge and perception towards home injury in children and safety measures. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was done among mothers of children aged 1 to 4 years old who attended urban government health clinics. A sample of 500 mothers completed a validated, self-administered questionnaire on knowledge and perception towards home injury in children and safety measures. Result: Mothers had moderate knowledge and perception score towards home injury in children and safety measures. However, they were found to have low knowledge on few specific knowledge items. Being older mothers, married, having tertiary level of education, working and having higher household income status were associated with higher knowledge score while no significant association found between mothers’ characteristics and their perception score. Child characteristics were also not siginificantly associated with both mothers’ knowledge and perception score. Conclusion: Due to the variations of knowledge and perception among mothers, home safety education programme could be effective to improve knowledge and perception of mothers towards preventing child injury at home. Keywords: child safety, home injury, knowledge, perception, safety measures

A cross-sectional survey was conducted with the objective to explore a community's knowledge and practices towards prevention of Influenza A (H1N1) in three residential areas in Tampin. Respondents were randomly selected from a list of residences and interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire. A total of 221 respondents (80.9%) were involved with the majority (64.7%) comprising female and who had attained secondary level of education (86.0%). The main source of information was from television/radio. The total score for knowledge questions was 15 and practice questions were 25. A total of 60.2% attained "adequate knowledge" and 52.0% "good practice". Mean (SD) for knowledge score was 11.6(2.3) and practice was 18.1(4.1). Ethnicity, education, income and practice score were identified as predictors for knowledge score. Income and knowledge scores were predictors for practice score. There was positive correlation between knowledge and practice scores.

The Community Health Posting teaching module is incorporated in the fourth year medical curriculum at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). The integration of Islamic principles and values in the medical curriculum is emphasized during the Community Health Posting. The Community Health curriculum allow students to appreciate and understand the medical and fiqh aspects of health and disease, the social issues in medical practice and research and to inculcate the practice of Islamic professional etiquettes. The teaching module illustrates the relevance of humanities in understanding illness and medical care within the community. Teaching and learning activities include components that enable the students to explore a wide range of influencing factors and how these affect the patients and their families. Issues pertaining to psychosocial and ecological perspectives of the community are also discussed. This posting utilizes various teaching and learning techniques such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, group discussions, educational visits, practical sessions and patient bedside teaching. In addition, the students are equipped with Islamic knowledge through the integration of Naqli and Aqli components in the Community Health Posting curriculum.