Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor
Introduction: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is reported as endemic and rank in the third place among other communicable diseases in Malaysia. HFMD outbreak is often found in nurseries and playgroups where children have lots of close contacts with other children. The objective of study is to st...
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| description | Introduction: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is reported as endemic and rank in the third place among other communicable diseases in Malaysia. HFMD outbreak is often found in nurseries and playgroups where children have lots of close contacts with other children. The objective of study is to study the knowledge, attitude and practice of HFMD among nursery governesses of nurseries at public universities and residential areas. Methods: A total of 102 nursery governesses were selected as respondents which include 83 respondents from public university while 26 respondents from residential areas in Klang Valley. Questionnaires were administered to determine socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude and practice on HFMD among the study population. Results: The result indicated that no significance different between knowledge, attitude and practice between two groups (Z = -0.321, p > 0.005; Z = -1.196, p > 0.005; Z = -1.155, p > 0.005) respectively. Furthermore, there was no association between knowledge with practice (p = 0.581, p > 0.005) and attitude with practice (p = 0.298, p > 0.005). Thus, nursery governesses in this study perceived moderate knowledge and attitude level. However for practice, public universities showed better application of practice if compared to residential areas. Conclusion: Hence, it is recommended for the nursery governesses to attend program such as health talk on HFMD occasionally, as it can be efficiently induce positive outcome. |
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| spelling | upm-764322020-02-04T04:52:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76432/ Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor Mahadzar, Siti Aida Shaqirah Abdul Rahman, Haliza Introduction: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is reported as endemic and rank in the third place among other communicable diseases in Malaysia. HFMD outbreak is often found in nurseries and playgroups where children have lots of close contacts with other children. The objective of study is to study the knowledge, attitude and practice of HFMD among nursery governesses of nurseries at public universities and residential areas. Methods: A total of 102 nursery governesses were selected as respondents which include 83 respondents from public university while 26 respondents from residential areas in Klang Valley. Questionnaires were administered to determine socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude and practice on HFMD among the study population. Results: The result indicated that no significance different between knowledge, attitude and practice between two groups (Z = -0.321, p > 0.005; Z = -1.196, p > 0.005; Z = -1.155, p > 0.005) respectively. Furthermore, there was no association between knowledge with practice (p = 0.581, p > 0.005) and attitude with practice (p = 0.298, p > 0.005). Thus, nursery governesses in this study perceived moderate knowledge and attitude level. However for practice, public universities showed better application of practice if compared to residential areas. Conclusion: Hence, it is recommended for the nursery governesses to attend program such as health talk on HFMD occasionally, as it can be efficiently induce positive outcome. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76432/1/2019121207325206_MJMHS_0293.pdf Mahadzar, Siti Aida Shaqirah and Abdul Rahman, Haliza (2019) Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (SP4). pp. 40-47. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019121207325206_MJMHS_0293.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Mahadzar, Siti Aida Shaqirah Abdul Rahman, Haliza Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among nursery governesses in Klang Valley, Selangor |
| title_sort | knowledge, attitude and practice towards hand, foot and mouth disease (hfmd) among nursery governesses in klang valley, selangor |
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