Haris Abd. Wahab

Community participation for rural poverty alleviation: A case of the Iban community in Malaysia:

This study aimed to uncover the influential factors of community participation in a rural poverty alleviation programme in Malaysia. A quantitative approach was used, and data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire from 260 respondents of the Iban community in Malaysia. The study considered 22 influential factors (18 as independent variables and 4 as dependent variables) to measure the level of community participation in decision-making, implementation, benefits sharing and evaluation. The study explored how these influential factors interacted with participation in a rural poverty alleviation programme. The results found a diversity of interacting factors within the forms of participation at the implementation level. The article contributes a dynamic and multi-dimensional understanding of how influential factors shape community participation processes. The findings are an important indicator to policy-makers and development practitioners.

Parental attachment for at-risk children's antisocial behaviour: A case of Malaysia

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was twofold: to explore the influential factors of parents’ attachment for at-risk childrens antisocial behaviour, and to know the types of childrens antisocial behaviour caused by being a single-parent family. The sample comprised 1,434 secondary school children from the state of Johore, Malaysia. Results from the structured questionnaire showed that the children were at risk of involvement in antisocial behaviour when their parental controls were either absent or ineffective owing to three risk factors: the absence of parents at home, the number of children in the family, and single-parent family households. The finding of the study has significant policy implications for improvement of parental care to develop child care services in Malaysia.

Primary Health Care: Hope and Challenges for Public Health in Maldives

The government of Maldives considers that the enjoyment of the highest attainable level of health is a basic right of every citizen. Thus it lays emphasis on the accessibility and affordability of health care services. In order to achieve these objectives, it is very important to expand curative services as well as preventive services in the country. The major hurdles faced by the country are result of the inherent structural problem faced by the county which leads to sever diseconomies of scale in the provision of healthcare services. Community and individual involvement and self-reliance are very important to achieve Health for All by the Year 200 AD. Community participation is one of the domains of community capacity building in a small island country. It is one of the mechanisms to empower people to take part in community development. In this paper, the nature, the dimensions of community participation, and its role and scope in implementation of different components of primary health care have been described. The health services in public and curative care have been briefed. Some of the achievements in health sector have also been briefly presented.

The role of faith-based NGOs in social development: Invisible empowerment:

This article makes an attempt to assess the process and outcomes of faith-based non-governmental organizations’ (FBNGOs) interventions toward community empowerment in social development. Data are derived from contemporary literature using a Qualitative Interpretative Meta-Synthesis (QIMS). Results show that there are very few publications that directly examine the contributions of FBNGOs toward community empowerment. There are some publications which indirectly examine the role of the components of community empowerment, such as community participation, community capacity building, local leadership development, or community resource mobilization, though these are mostly concentrated in Western and African countries. After 9/11, much literature has shown that the role of Islamic NGOs has emerged as a significant aspect in social development discourse. The findings will be of interest to policymakers, donors, and development practitioners.

Understanding Adolescents Premarital Sexual Decision Making: A Preliminary Study

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CONTRIBUTION OF HEADMASTER TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP TOWARDS TEACHERS’ SENSE OF EFFICACY IN UNDER-ENROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PORT DICKSON

The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of headmasters’ transformational leadership towards teachers’ sense of efficacy. Purportedly, headmasters’ transformational leadership is known to enhance teachers’ sense of efficacy and indirectly increase student achievement. A questionnaire adapted from MLQ5x (Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire) and TSES (Teacher Sense of Efficacy) was used in conducting this research. The total sample consisted of 293 primary school teachers from under-enrolled schools in Port Dickson district, selected by using purposive sampling. The results showed that headmasters’ intellectual stimulation (β = .336, p ≤ 0.05) significantly predicted the students’ engagement in learning. Again, headmasters’ intellectual stimulation (β = .291, p ≤ 0.05) was also found to significantly predict classroom management. Furthermore, headmasters’ idealized influence (β = .310, p ≤ 0.05) significantly predict the instructional strategies. Overall, the research result can impact headmasters in underenrolled primary schools to review and enhance their leadership and provide a better understanding of the dimensions of headmasters’ transformational leadership behavior toward teachers’ sense of efficacy that promote high-quality teaching and learning classroom in future.