Attitudes toward plasmodium knowlesi malaria prevention behaviours among at-risk communities and health district officers’ efforts and challenges in promoting these behaviours: an elicitation study in peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Azlan, Arina Anis, Damanhuri, Hazwani, Hamzah, Mohammad Rezal, Pasi, Hafizah, Mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RA643 Communicable Diseases and Public Health
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/107586/7/107586_Attitudes%20toward%20plasmodium%20knowlesi%20malaria%20prevention%20behaviours_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/107586/8/107586_Attitudes%20toward%20plasmodium%20knowlesi%20malaria%20prevention%20behaviours.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/107586/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/63876

This study explores at-risk communities’ attitudes toward Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi) malaria prevention behaviours using the Integrated Behavioural Model (IBM) as a guiding framework. This study also presents efforts and challenges faced by district health officers in Peninsular Malaysia in t...