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Online learning has been used as online training to deliver public health education among the society especially during the pandemic COVID-19; however, its effectiveness has not yet been researched. Hence, this research aimed to determine the effectiveness of public health education via online training; in which, an online training aimed to change participants’ learning towards beauty and health care routine among 77 Malaysian societies was organized. Findings indicated a significant difference of learning perception among respondents as measured in pre- and post-evaluation across demographic variables including gender, age, income level and employment status. Hence, public health practitioners should organize online training as an alternative to decrease the cost of public health education but at the same time to increase its effectiveness.
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To Cite this Article: Aziz, S. F. A., Aziz, S. N. A., Mohd, R. H., Selamat, M. N., Omar, N. H., & Mokhtar, D. M. M. (2023). The Effectiveness of Public Health Education via Online Training during Pandemic COVID-19: Evident from Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13(6), 1022 – 1036.
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