Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Preventive Practice of Leptospirosis Among Healthy Malaysian and Non-Malaysian Wet Market Workers in Selected Urban Areas in Selangor, Malaysia
| Autor: | Nozmi Noramira, Suhailah Samsudin, Sukeri Surianti, Mohd S Nazri, Rukman Awang Hamat, Sakinah N S Saudi, Zahiruddin W M Wan Mohd, Munirah N Abdullah, Malina Osman, Jamaluddin T Z M T, Nur Raihana Ithnin, Norbaya S Masri, Aziah Daud |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice knowledge Isolation (health care) Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030231 tropical medicine lcsh:Medicine Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Formal education preventive practice Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Infection control leptospirosis 030212 general & internal medicine prevention awareness business.industry Significant difference lcsh:R Malaysia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Leptospirosis Cross-Sectional Studies Health promotion Agriculture attitude Environmental hygiene Female Psychology business urban area |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 4, p 1346 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 4 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Leptospirosis has been reported as an endemic in most tropical countries. Among high risk occupations, leptospirosis includes workers in agriculture and domestic animal industries. Environmental hygiene in the wet market has established a link between the presence of rodents with probability of leptospirosis infection. This study was aimed to compare the level of knowledge, attitude and preventive practice against leptospirosis between healthy Malaysian and non-Malaysian wet market workers in selected wet markets in urban areas of Selangor. A cross-sectional study in the determined area was conducted with the participation of 147 respondents. The respondents were randomly chosen from the list provided by the state agency that regulates these markets. A self-administered bilingual validated questionnaire (English and Bahasa Melayu) was distributed to the selected respondents. There were 68 (48.3%) Malaysian respondents and 79 (53.7%) non-Malaysian respondents. The majority of them were males, who attained formal education and were less than 40 years old. Meanwhile, the respondents earned less than RM3000. Among the Malaysian respondents, 80.9% were aware of leptospirosis as compared to 17.7% of the non-Malaysian colleagues (p < 0.05). All items of knowledge showed that the Malaysian respondents scored higher as compared to non-Malaysian respondents. On attitude towards infection prevention, most Malaysian respondents had a positive attitude, while most non-Malaysian respondents had undecided perception on the majority of crucial attitude items. In practicing preventive measures, there was a marked significant difference in proportion between Malaysian and non-Malaysian respondents for items on &ldquo Specific Protection and Isolation at Source.&rdquo There was a significant gap on knowledge, attitude and preventive practice among Malaysian workers as compared to non-Malaysian workers. Therefore, it was highly recommended the health promotion implementation should also provide specific focus on non-Malaysian workers. |
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