Copyright © 2018 Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (4.15) (2018) 257-261 International Journal of Engineering & Technology Website: www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJET Research paper Brief Communication on Parents’ Perception towards Favourite Play Equipment, Satisfaction Level and Safety of Public Climbing Equipment in Malaysia Cheah Kah Ling 1 , Raja Ahmad Azmeer 2 , Mohd Shahrizal Dolah 3 , Saiful Hasley 4 , and Jusang Bolong 5 1,2,3,4 Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Jalan UPM, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia. 5Department of Communication, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Jalan UPM, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia. Abstract Public playground injuries caused by unsafe climbing equipment is a public health concern. This study aims to measure Malaysian parents’ perception towards their children’s favourite play equipment and satisfaction level on public equipment safety. A self- administered survey was employed among 50 Malaysians citizen, aged between 18 to 45 years. Data was descriptively analysed using SPSS version 21.0. The results showed that climbing equipment was favourite playing equipment among children. Furthermore, our study revealed that (90%) of parents were dissatisfied with public climbing equipment. We found that while (92%) of the parents agreed that safety levels of the climbing equipment should be improved. In addition, the study revealed that more than three quarters of respondents agreed to reduce free fall height, improve product materials, focus on reducing falls, and implement effective safety inspection including regular maintenance to improve the safety level of public climbing equipment. Results from this study could assist in advanced urban recreation safety for controlling injuries and regain parents’ trust on playground safety. Keywords: Children, Public Playground Injuries, Urban Recreation Safety, Public Health, Outdoor Play, Recreation Equipment 1. Introduction Accident at the public playground remains the largest cause of playground injuries among children aged between 3-12 years old (Sherker & Ozanne-Smith, 2004). Each year more than 200,000 children are treated at emergency department for injuries happening in playgrounds (Suminski et al., 2015). According to the statistics from the Epidemiology of Injuries in Malaysia, there were about 3000 injuries cases every three months in Malaysia Most of the injuries are caused by the falls of children from public recreation equipment. Research indicate that 75% of the injuries at the playground are caused by the fall of children from equipment (Norraliza, 2012). Out of 39,730 selected cases, 84% happened in public playgrounds (Keays & Skinner, 2012), where climbing equipment were always accounted for most of the injuries among children (Cassell & Clapperton, 2014). Climbing equipmnet is publicly known to be one of the most prevalent equipment among children (Bourke & Sargisson, 2014; Mani, Mehdi Hosseini, & Abdullah, 2012; McDonald, 2001; Sargisson & McLean, 2013). Past research revealed that children engaged in risky play to meet their needs of playing, often taking risk through experience of height and speed (Bourke & Sargisson, 2014; Brussoni, Olsen, Pike, & Sleet, 2012)). In addition, research indicate that children love equipment that provides opportunity to develop risk-taking behaviour in order to meet their basic psychology needs of competence (Ryan & Deci, 2000), where they’ll imaged themselves expert or being good while using the climbing equipment (Tobin, Nadalin, Munroe-Chandler, & Hall, 2013). According to a study by Noriah,(2014), the safety level of our playgrounds is very low and more should be done to make playgrounds safe. Despite the availability of safety standard of Malaysian government (ASTM, 2017); most of the playgrounds do not comply with the general safety requirement (Ahmad Sid & Hassan, 2014). Likewise, an improper maintenance of the equipment by concerned authorities is also an area of concern (Ahmad Sid & Hassan, 2015). As Malaysia is heading towards industrialization, urban recreation safety should not be neglected considering the importance of outdoor play in children’s physical health and mental development (Ripat & Becker, 2012; Brussoni et al., 2015; Bond & Peck, 1993). Playing was recognised to be one of the highest achievements of human being as it can foster to intellectual achievement and emotional well-being (Whitebread, 2012). Research indicate that outdoor time spend is significantly associate with physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and sedentary behaviours (Casey Gray et.al). A detailed perception theory described that the final perception towards a product or service is influenced by a person’s mental set, past experiences, needs and alteration (Robbins, Millett & Waters-Marsh, 2004). Likewise, (Oliver, 1997) concluded that satisfaction is said to be a judged when the features of climbing equipment provide a pleasurable level of consumption-related fulfilment, including under- or over- fulfilment. Since playing is important for physical and mental health of the children (Marie et. al(Bond & Peck, 1993; Brussoni et al., 2012)), various researcher has tried to discussed the issue related to climbing equipment and its impact on children injuries (Wakes & Beukes, 2012). Although there are number of studies on parent’s perception toward the exposure of their children to nature,