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RESEARCHSPOTLIGHT<br />
THEPEACEINITIATIVE:ADDRESSING ELDER<br />
ABUSEANDNEGLECTUSING AN<br />
INTERDISCIPLINARYAPPROACH<br />
RaudahMohdYunus,NoranNaqiahHairi,ChooWanYuen(DepartmentofSocialand<br />
PreventiveMedicine,FacultyofMedicine,UniversityofMalaya)<br />
Malaysia is undergoing a rapid OlderPersons(2011).PEACEisafive-package<br />
demographictransition.By2030,olderadultswil program which aims at:1)advancing EAN<br />
comprise approximately 15% of Malaysia’s researchandservicesthroughacoordinated,<br />
population.On-goingurbanizationandchanges multi-stepapproach,and;2)safeguardingthe<br />
in socialstructures such as nuclearization of physicalandmentalwel-beingofvulnerable<br />
family and rural-urban youth migration,have elders.Itslong-term,ultimategoalistoprevent<br />
predisposedolderadultstohigherrisksofsocial andreducetheburdenofEAN inMalaysia.<br />
isolation,abuseandneglect.Theaetiologyof<br />
Taking into accountthe ecologicalmodel,<br />
elderabuseandneglect(EAN)asframedbythe PEACEformsaninterdisciplinarycolaboration<br />
ecologicalmodelpoints to a combination of inordertotackleriskfactorsofEANatdiferent<br />
factorsthatoccuratmultiplelevels.Theseinclude<br />
individual,microsystem (eg:family),exosystem<br />
levels.Thepartnershipinvolves:1)publichealth<br />
practitioners(researchers,epidemiologistsand<br />
(eg:socialenvironment,extendedrelatives)and biostatisticians); 2) healthcare providers<br />
macrosystem (eg:culture,public policy,law). (primary care physicians,geriatricians and<br />
Giventhiscomplexity,preventionandintervention<br />
measuresneedtoaddresseachlevelorsystem<br />
accordingly.This is possible only through an<br />
interdisciplinaryapproach.<br />
The Prevent ElderAbuse and negleCt<br />
initiativE (PEACE)beganinearly2014,inline<br />
withthevisionoftheNationalHealthPolicyfor<br />
OlderPersons(2008)andNationalPolicyfor<br />
nurses);3)legalexpertsandlawyers;4)state<br />
healthdepartments;5)DepartmentofSocial<br />
Welfare;6)community-basedorganizations;7)<br />
policy-makers and; 8) media outlets and<br />
journalists.NegeriSembilanwaschosenforthe<br />
pilot phase, and programmes are being<br />
gradualyexpandedtootherstates.<br />
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