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Mama Care
Item Type: Book Section
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Year: 00/00/2017
Abstract: One aspect of women's reproductive health care which is increasingly in demand is postnatal care services. In order to improve the welfare of women in low-income households and to recognise the skills traditionally passed down from generation to generation, Mama Care Postnatal Care Programme was established in 2012 under the 7th National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS), 1Malaysia Women's Initiative and Self Empowerment (1MWISE). It is targeted single mothers, elderly and women from low-income household.
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Malaysian Family Wellbeing Index
Item Type: Book Section
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Year: 00/00/2017
Abstract: Family institutions need to be strengthened to balance the rapid process of social and economic development of the country. This is important because the family is the basic social unit that prepares the supplies the human capital for the national development. Given the importance of family wellbeing for the future of the nation, scientific studies ought to be conducted to measure the wellbeing of families in this country.
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Malaysia's initiatives for sustainable family development
Item Type: Book Section
Editor:
Year: 00/00/2014
Abstract: Various initiatives to strengthen the family institution have been undertaken by the Government of Malaysia through the Ministry of Women, Family and Community
Development (MWFCD). Through its agency, the National Population and Family Development Board (NPFDB), the MWFCD has formulated, developed and implemented policies and programmes such as the National Family Policy,
1Malaysia Family First (1MF1st) and 1Malaysia Youth Empowerment and Support (1MYes) programmes, One-Stop Family Centres, and family education programmes such as the Strengthening of Marriage Institution (SmartStart remarriage programme), Parenting@Work, Smart Belanja@Lppkn (family financial management programme), KASIH Parenting Modules and counselling services.
To ensure sustainable family development, the National Family Policy (NFP) and its accompanying plan of action was launched in March 2011 and implemented by the NPFDB in partnership with other ministries, departments and related non-government organizations (NGOs). The aim of this explicit policy is to develop prosperous, healthy and resilient families to ensure social stability. The NFP is
a key policy that focuses on aspects of family well-being and development, providing direction for the development of family-friendly programmes and services for nurturing healthy and resilient families in line with the aspirations
of Vision 2020.
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