The Relationship Of Knowledge And Attitude Among Youths Towards Health Sexual Communication Among Youths.
Sexual health communication is currently one of the most discussed topic in Malaysia as the country witnessed the surge of sexual related crime and social problem among youths. In relation to this, youths‘ knowledge and attitude are the important factor that contribute to this delinquent behaviou...
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my-unisza-ir.11562020-11-10T01:58:03Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1156/ The Relationship Of Knowledge And Attitude Among Youths Towards Health Sexual Communication Among Youths. Suffian Hadi, Ayub Wan Abdul Hayyi, Wan Omar Zanirah, Wahab Sharipah Nur Mursalina, Syed Azmy Hishamuddin, Salim Nor Hafizah, Abdullah Mohammad Rezal, Hamzah HE Transportation and Communications Sexual health communication is currently one of the most discussed topic in Malaysia as the country witnessed the surge of sexual related crime and social problem among youths. In relation to this, youths‘ knowledge and attitude are the important factor that contribute to this delinquent behaviour and must be addressed as it will shape the youths in the future. The paper discussed the correlation between knowledge and attitude concerning youths in obtaining information on sexual related materials. The research primarily focus on youths in Malaysia which made up 40% of Malaysia population. The study is significance as it provide a thorough picture how knowledge and attitude influence youths communicate the sexual health topic which is deemed as taboo in Malaysia. The study involved 853 respondents from various demographics group in Malaysia and self-administered questionnaires were distributed and analysed using SPSS to address the research objectives. The result indicated there are significant relationships between knowledge and attitude among youths toward sexual health communication practice. Results showed that 55.1 percent of the studied factors contributed to sexual health communication model among Malaysian youths. Moreover, knowledge and attitude are very critical for the youths to have a better comprehension on sexual health communication. This further testified that Malaysia government and various stakeholders need to acknowledge the importance of sexual health communication and how knowledge and attitude shape positive youths development which ultimately contribute to nation building. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1156/1/FH03-FBK-18-12458.pdf Suffian Hadi, Ayub and Wan Abdul Hayyi, Wan Omar and Zanirah, Wahab and Sharipah Nur Mursalina, Syed Azmy and Hishamuddin, Salim and Nor Hafizah, Abdullah and Mohammad Rezal, Hamzah (2017) The Relationship Of Knowledge And Attitude Among Youths Towards Health Sexual Communication Among Youths. In: International Conference On The Roles Of The Humanities And Social Sciences In Engineering 2017 (ICoHSE)., 24-26 February 2017, PARKROYAL Penang Resort, Batu Feringghi, Penang, Malaysia. |
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Sexual health communication is currently one of the most discussed topic in Malaysia as the
country witnessed the surge of sexual related crime and social problem among youths. In
relation to this, youths‘ knowledge and attitude are the important factor that contribute to this
delinquent behaviour and must be addressed as it will shape the youths in the future. The
paper discussed the correlation between knowledge and attitude concerning youths in
obtaining information on sexual related materials. The research primarily focus on youths in
Malaysia which made up 40% of Malaysia population. The study is significance as it provide
a thorough picture how knowledge and attitude influence youths communicate the sexual
health topic which is deemed as taboo in Malaysia. The study involved 853 respondents from
various demographics group in Malaysia and self-administered questionnaires were
distributed and analysed using SPSS to address the research objectives. The result indicated
there are significant relationships between knowledge and attitude among youths toward
sexual health communication practice. Results showed that 55.1 percent of the studied factors
contributed to sexual health communication model among Malaysian youths. Moreover,
knowledge and attitude are very critical for the youths to have a better comprehension on
sexual health communication. This further testified that Malaysia government and various
stakeholders need to acknowledge the importance of sexual health communication and how
knowledge and attitude shape positive youths development which ultimately contribute to
nation building. |
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