Creating a New Health Promotion Module to Help the Indigenous People of Selangor Prepare for Disease X and Outbreaks

Not Applicable

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• Conditions: Attitude to Health; Preparedness; Outbreaks; Behavior, Health; Health-Related Behavior; Health Behavior; Health Attitude; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Interventions: Behavioral: Educational Brochures for the Orang Asli; Behavioral: Outbreak Preparedness Intervention for the Orang Asli

• Registration Number: NCT06539845
• Lead Sponsor: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Brief Summary

The goal of this cluster randomized trial is to develop and test a new method for preparing indigenous (locally termed as Orang Asli) households in Selangor, a state in Malaysia, for outbreaks and Disease X, a potential unknown infectious threat. It aims to determine if the new method, a health education package comprised of workshops, simulation exercises, and card game play sessions, can enhance the readiness of these families for such outbreaks.

The main questions it is looking to answer are:

1. Will the intervention package increase the level of preparedness for a Disease X and outbreaks among indigenous households in Selangor?

2. Will the intervention improve the awareness and attitudes of the indigenous people in Selangor towards outbreak preparedness?

3. Will it lead to more proactive preparedness actions by these households?

To evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention package, researchers will compare outcomes between two groups: the intervention group receiving both the intervention package and educational brochures on communicable disease prevention, and the control group receiving only the brochures.

Participants will:

1. Participate in the activities in the newly developed intervention package, which would include workshops, simulation exercises, and card game play sessions.

2. Answer surveys four times: before, immediately after, 1 month after and 2 months after the intervention, to measure any changes in their preparedness levels for an outbreak.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-01
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-06
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-16
• Study Start: 2025-06
• Primary Completion: 2025-09
• Study Completion: 2025-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

• Orang Asli ethnicity
• Malaysian citizen
• Age between 18 to 99 years old
• The head of the household, or the person who contributes to, or influences health-related decisions for the household
• Live in a household with at least three members
• Able to converse in Malay

Exclusion Criteria

• Having physical or cognitive disabilities (e.g., blindness, deafness, schizophrenia and dementia)
• Having severe health conditions (e.g., respiratory and cardiovascular disease requiring oxygen support such as severe asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/heart failure and congenital heart diseases)
• Residing temporarily (less than 2 years)
• Intending to relocate to a different residence within the next 2 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Educational Brochures for the Orang Asli	Randomly selected Orang Asli villages that will receive the educational brochures only.
Intervention	Outbreak Preparedness Intervention for the Orang Asli	Randomly selected Orang Asli villages will receive the intervention package along with educational brochures, through a workshop they will need to participate in once.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Household Preparedness Score	Before intervention (T0), immediately after the intervention (T1), 1-month follow-up (T2), and at a 2-months follow-up (T3)	The combined scores of awareness/attitude and the preparedness actions of the participant in a specific area towards potential disasters. The preparedness level is measured on a 4-category scale: Fully prepared, Committed, Aware, and Least prepared or unprepared.
Household Preparedness Matrix	Before intervention (T0), immediately after the intervention (T1), 1-month follow-up (T2), and at a 2-months follow-up (T3)	Based on the "Household Preparedness Score", the level of preparedness by assigning each respondent a position on the matrix based on their questionnaire responses.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cognitive Preparedness score	Before intervention (T0), immediately after the intervention (T1), 1-month follow-up (T2), and at a 2-months follow-up (T3)	Measures the knowledge and attitude of participant regarding outbreak and Disease X awareness Additionally, gathering insights about people's perception of possible risk hazard that may affect them including the consequences and how to mitigate. The score is derived from the total sum of marks gathered from each item within the Knowledge and Attitude domain and normalized into a scale of 0 to 1.
Preparedness Behaviour score	Before intervention (T0), immediately after the intervention (T1), 1-month follow-up (T2), and at a 2-months follow-up (T3)	Measures the current level of preparedness actions that has been done by participants. The score is derived from the total sum of marks gathered from each item within the Practice domain and normalized into a scale of 0 to 1.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pejabat JAKOA Daerah Gombak dan Petaling; 🇲🇾 Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia