Knowledge, attitude and practice among community in kota bharu, kelantan on dengue fever
Dengue fever has become serious public health problem in Malaysia. Due to absence of vaccine, the only effective method available is to prevent and control dengue is by preventing transmission of disease. However, the control measure needs support, cooperation and participation from community. A...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/60635/1/ZATIL%20HIDAYAH%20BINTI%20ISMAIL%20-%20e.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/60635/ |
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| Summary: | Dengue fever has become serious public health problem in Malaysia. Due to
absence of vaccine, the only effective method available is to prevent and control
dengue is by preventing transmission of disease. However, the control measure
needs support, cooperation and participation from community. A cross sectional
study was carried out in two selected places in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The objectives
of this study was conducted to determine association between knowledge, attitude
and practice (KAP) among community on dengue fever, to identify differences of
KAP among community on dengue fever by demographic background and to
compare KAP between community in Kampung Pulau Melaka and Kampung Demit
Darat. The simple random sampling was used for this study and the number of
respondents involved was 175. Each of respondents was interviewed using
questionnaires. Overall from this study, it can be concluded that the community in
both places had high level of knowledge (63.4%), positive attitude (83.4%) and good
level of practice (81.0%) on dengue fever. Television was the common source of
information that they get to know about dengue (83.4%). From the result, there were
no association between knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue fever (p>0.05).
There were significant differences of knowledge on dengue fever between ages of
the respondents (p=0.012), between level of education (p=0.002) and between
dengue history (p=0.002). There were also have significant differences of
knowledge and attitude on dengue fever between community in Kampung Pulau
Melaka and Kampung Demit Darat (p=0.001). As for suggestions, the community
can plan ‘gotong royong’ program to cut down bushes in their places to minimise the
breeding places of Aedes mosquitoes. |
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