Data collected from a survey on 653 Malaysian Muslims reveals that the main factors that hamper organ donation-related activities at the mosques in Malaysia are the lack of experts and financial resources. The level of autonomy of the mosque is also another main issue. The respondents believe that talks and dialogues are the best methods for organ donation campaigns at the mosques. Conclusions We argue that if the mosques are to play a role in imparting knowledge on organ donation, there should be ample opportunity for the mosque committee to choose the content of religious talks held in their community. The mosques in Malaysia are not sufficiently facilitated to channel the information on organ donation to the Muslim community. Providing financial support and expert campaigners are expected to increase organ donation-related activities at the mosques and subsequently could increase awareness regarding organ donations among Malaysian Muslims.
This paper addresses the situation and issues regarding indigenous knowledge among the Malay community at the Eastern Coast of the Peninsular Malaysia. The tacit knowledge of this community and knowledge sharing potentials the indigenous population is explored. The paper examines the opportunities of the members of the community to ascend into the economic mainstream and improve their quality of lives through participation in the industry based on their indigenous knowledge. Some suggestions are incorporated in the paper to yield a conceptual framework of tools for the agencies as support system to build a sustainable livelihood and heritage preservation of the rural community.
This article presents the results of an investigation into public perceptions of the relationship between demographic factors and levels of awareness towards child abuse. The research objectives are to identify the level of awareness towards child abuse amongst the public, to ascertain the relationship between demographic factors and levels of awareness towards child abuse and to determine the differences in awareness towards child abuse according to g e n d e r , age, m a r i t a l s t a t u s , and race/ethnicity. The researchers identified four independent variables which are gender perceptions, age perceptions, marital status perceptions and also race/ethnicity perceptions. T h e s t u d y g e n e r a t e d a 200-respondent sample from the general public. The research w a s conducted using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 16.0 and the data was analyzed using Pearson's correlation. The results indicate positive correlations between levels of awareness towards child abuse and the four independent variables.
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