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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank the Director General of Health Malaysia for his permission to publish
this report.

The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in Pulau Pinang 2012, the _rst of its kind in
the country, was accomplished with budget and technical support from the Ministry of Health
Malaysia andWorld Health Organization (WHO).The research team would like to express our gratitude
to the following who helped us to bring this project to a successful completion:

• Ms Melanie Cowan and Ms Leanne Riley, WHO Geneva,
• Ms Laura Kann and Ms Connie Lim, CDC Atlanta,

• Western Paci_c WHO Regional O^ce,
• Dr Soo Chun Paul, Malaysia WHO Representative,
• Director General of Education, Ministry of Education Malaysia,

• Technical Programme Directors, Ministry of Health Malaysia,
• GSHS Survey Coordinator and Central Coordinating Team, and
• GSHS Survey Field Implementation Teams

Our appreciation to the Ministry of Education o^cials at the central level, states, districts and selected
schools who assisted in making this study possible.We would also like to thank the stakeholders from
both the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education, for their participation at the NHMS 2012:
School-based Survey Seminar held at Palm Garden Resort, Selangor on 23 September 2013, where the
key _ndings of this study were presented. Last but not least, we extend our warm gratitude to all
students from the 17 schools throughout the country who gave us their time and cooperation
towards the successful conduct of this study.

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