Shaik Hussain, Shaik Azahar
Othman, Mohd Kamal
Sahari, Faridah
Subet, Mary Fatimah
Yusuf, Adibah
Shanat, Musdi
Funding for this research was provided by:
P.RAMLEE RESEARCH CHAIR
Article History
Received: 16 June 2025
Accepted: 29 April 2026
First Online: 12 May 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (HREC/NM/2023(2)/95).
: Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants. This method was chosen to facilitate a more open dialogue within the professional and cultural context of the study and to align with the administrative nature of the Ministry project. The consent process was audio-recorded at the start of each interview. Participants were explicitly informed that their data would remain confidential, would not be shared publicly, and would only be accessible to the researchers and the project funders (MTCP). A copy of the verbal consent script is provided as a Supplementary File.