What isNHMS MCH?Maternal and Child Health

The activities conducted during the survey

Interview session

• Antenatal care
• Pregnancy comorbidity
• Pre-pregnancy care
• Intrapartum care
• Postpartum care
• Infant and young child feeding practice
• Oral health among children
• Child morbidities
• Child discipline

Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ)

• Contraception
• Miscarriage/ abortion
• Intimate partner violence
• Vaccine hesitancy

Examination for children under age 5

• Height and weight measurements
• Immunization record

Data collection period

Listing phase will be held from June – July 2022 and

Data collection will be conducted from August – October 2022

• Women in reproductive age (15-49 years)
• Women with Last child under age 2
• Children under age 5

The selected household will be visited by the Data Collection Team consisting of 3 research assistants’ officers and a nurse. Data collectors will be provided with:

• Official name tags for identification and letter of appointment
• Permission letter to conduct the survey

The household were randomly selected using sampling frame from Department of Statistic, Malaysia, where approximately 14 000 household were selected nationwide.

Approximately 45 minutes.

• Face-to-face interviews by trained research assistants and nurses from the Ministry of Health
• Self-administered questionnaires by mothers
• Child’s developmental assessment and measurement of height and weight for children under 5 years

The participation in this study is voluntary and respondent may withdraw at any time.

• The data and report will be made available for main stakeholders for monitoring surveillance and policy formulation (SDG/UHC indicators etc).
• Findings from the survey will also be disseminated in the form of reports, fact sheets, research highlights, infographics, publications and presentations.
• The data set will be made available for the use of any interested party upon request for publication after the lock period of one year has passed.

There is no risk if you participate in this survey. The self-administered questionnaires consist of very sensitive and personal questions. All information and answers are treated CONFIDENTIAL.

There will be no immediate health benefits if you take part in this survey. However, the information obtained from this study will help the policy making and planning towards improving health services and health program for mother and children in the country.