The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi
Doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after the childbirth to help her achieve the healthiest and most satisfying experience possible. This study is done in order to find the relevance of doula in...
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| description | Doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after the childbirth to help her achieve the healthiest and most satisfying experience possible. This study is done in order to find the relevance of doula in Malaysia. This study involves 280 respondents and a structured questionnaire was used for data collection. All variables were measured through scales previously used by other researchers. The study indicated that for the level of people acceptance towards doula in Malaysia is low (M=2.41). This goes the same with the level of the credibility of doula in Malaysia, the study indicated that it is low (M=2.33). Overall, doula service is still not relevant to be practised in Malaysia (M=2.37). |
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| spelling | uitm-292572020-04-06T00:59:16Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29257/ The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi ejoms Sham, Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Mohamad Nadhri, Fatin Izzati Salimi, Muhammad Syafiq R Medicine (General) Personal health and hygiene. Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene Doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after the childbirth to help her achieve the healthiest and most satisfying experience possible. This study is done in order to find the relevance of doula in Malaysia. This study involves 280 respondents and a structured questionnaire was used for data collection. All variables were measured through scales previously used by other researchers. The study indicated that for the level of people acceptance towards doula in Malaysia is low (M=2.41). This goes the same with the level of the credibility of doula in Malaysia, the study indicated that it is low (M=2.33). Overall, doula service is still not relevant to be practised in Malaysia (M=2.37). Faculty of Communication & Media Studies 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29257/1/29257.pdf Sham, Nur Nilam Sari Aimi and Mohamad Nadhri, Fatin Izzati and Salimi, Muhammad Syafiq (2018) The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi. (2018) e-Journal of Media and Society (e-JOMS) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/e-Journal_of_Media_and_Society_=28e-JOMS=29.html>, 1. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2682-9193 http://www.ejoms.com |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Personal health and hygiene. Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene Sham, Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Mohamad Nadhri, Fatin Izzati Salimi, Muhammad Syafiq The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi |
| title | The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi |
| title_full | The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi |
| title_fullStr | The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi |
| title_short | The relevance of doula in Malaysia / Nur Nilam Sari Aimi Sham, Fatin Izzati Mohamad Nadhri and Muhammad Syafiq Salimi |
| title_sort | relevance of doula in malaysia / nur nilam sari aimi sham, fatin izzati mohamad nadhri and muhammad syafiq salimi |
| topic | R Medicine (General) Personal health and hygiene. Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29257/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29257/ |