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RESEARCH PROJECTS AT PROGRAMME LEVEL
National Oral Health Survey of Preschool Children 2015 (NOHPS 2015)
Two (2) reports were completed and preparation of Fact Sheet for publication was initiated. The survey
findings were disseminated at the conference/seminar/meeting and through journal publication as
follows:

1. Oral Presentation
• Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pemandu NOHPS 2015, 12 January 2017.
• 3rd Malaysian Dental Therapists’ Scientific Conference 2017, Berjaya Times Square, Kuala
Lumpur, 5 to 7 May 2017.
• Mesyuarat Teknikal Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian KKM Bil. 3/2017, 16 May 2017.
• Seminar Pembentangan Penemuan Kajiselidik Peringkat Kebangsaan, Oral Health Programme,
Perlis, 17 August 2017.
• Seminar Pembentangan Penemuan Kajiselidik Peringkat Kebangsaan, Oral Health Programme,
Pahang, 23 August 2017.
• Bengkel Penemuan NOHPS 2015 dan Pencapaian Pra-sekolah/toddler 2017, Oral Health
Programme, Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, 29 to 30 August 2017.

2. Poster presentation at 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Public Health, Kuching, Sarawak, on 10 to
13 September 2017, entitled ‘National Oral Health Survey of Preschool Children 2015: Findings in
Relation to Preschool Teachers and Preschool Environment’.

3. Publication in the Medical Journal Malaysia, Volume 72 Supplement, 1 August 2017 entitled ‘Oral
Health Knowledge, Practice and Behaviour of Preschool Teachers: Findings in a National Survey’.

NHMS 2017: National Oral Health Survey of Schoolchildren (NOHSS 2017)
Three (3) training sessions of standardization and calibration for 36 State Examiners to conduct of
data collection were carried out (Image 1). Monitoring of surveys in the states were carried out as
follows; field data collection progress, expenditure of survey allocation, data entry and response rate.
Two (2) reports were completed and submitted to the Institute for Public Health, MoH. Preparation of
manuscript for publication was initiated. Presentation of survey findings to the States Deputy Director
(Oral Health), MoH was carried out at Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Dasar dan Perancangan Kesihatan
Pergigian (JDPKP), KKM on 5 December 2017. The findings were also presented to Dental Officers

and Dental Therapists at the Oral Health Programme, MoH Putrajaya on 8 November 2017.

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