Prevent Elder Abuse and negleCt initiativE (PEACE)
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GC001-14HTM
Abstract
Prevent Elder Abuse and negleCt initiativE (PEACE) is a five-package research program which employs a coordinated multistep approach involving various stakeholders (such as Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and Department of Social Welfare) with the aim of building partnerships, fostering community empowerment and promoting protection for our older population. Elder abuse and neglect (EAN) includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. The Prevent Elder Abuse and negleCt initiativE (PEACE) focuses exclusively to protect elder abuse rights, re-orientate and empower the community to be actively engaged in issues relating to older people.This initiative addresses five main areas; examine the magnitude, risk factors and consequences of EAN, investigate the role of social capital and caregiver strain in preventing EAN, developing provision of education and training to service providers providing direct service delivery to older people, support and train family caregivers who provide care and protecting elders against elder abuse and neglect by identifying the existing laws and understanding as well as refining these laws. The output from the PEACE project has generated awareness on the issue of Elder abuse and neglect (EAN) to the stakeholders (international community, policymaker, government agency, healthcare and local community) via mass media and community engagement activities. Based on UM PEACE findings, Dato' Seri Dr Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, has announced the need of a new act to protect the welfare of Malaysia’s elders from neglect and abuse and the draft of the new act to be ready by 2020.
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Programme Leader
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noran Naqiah Hairi (Faculty of Medicine, UM)
noran@um.edu.my
| SUB-GC NO. | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
| GC001A-14HTM | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noran Naqiah Hairi (Faculty of Medicine, UM) noran@um.edu.my |
| GC001B-14HTM | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Claire Choo Wan Yuen (Faculty of Medicine, UM) ccwy@um.edu.my |
| GC001C-14HTM | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farizah Mohd Hairi (Faculty of Medicine, UM) farizah@um.edu.my |
| GC001D-14HTM | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sajaratulnisah Othman (Faculty of Medicine, UM) sajar@um.edu.my |
| GC001E-14HTM | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Zaharah Jamaluddin (Faculty of Law, UM) szjamal@um.edu.my |
Stakeholders
- Fordham University, USA
- King’s College, London, UK
- The University of Sydney, Australia
- Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam
- Institute for Community Health Research, Vietnam
- Negeri Sembilan State Health Department
- Kuala Pilah District Health Office
- Seremban District Health Office
- Penang State Health Department
- Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat
- CRC Hospital Seberang Prai