Parasitic Infections: The Level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Well as the Availability of Hygiene Aid Kit among Aborigine in Maran, Pekan and Kuantan

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 482 - 490, 01.12.2021

Normalına Alıas , Mohamad Helmy Jaafar , Muhammad Lokman Bın Md. Isa

https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.947344

Abstract

Objective: There are still inadequacies in Aborigine 's understanding, attitude and practice of parasitic infection and hygiene awareness. The purpose of this study are to (I) discover the level of knowledge among Aborigine on parasitic infection in Kuantan, Maran and Pekan, (II) to analyse out their attitude towards parasitic infections, and (III) to inform the best practices of preventing parasitic infections to the Aborigine people.

Materials and Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study through distribution of validated questionnaire to 88 of Aborigine people in Kuantan, Maran and Pekan where the convenience sampling was used to get the sample based on the specific criteria. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 by employing descriptive statistic to carry out for significant test.

Results: Findings show that Aborigine people have poor knowledge, positive attitude and good practice regarding the parasitic infections and based on the results, some of them do not aware of the existence of hygiene aid material.

Conclusion: Therefore, proper approach of health promotion, guidance on personal hygiene and useful hygiene aid kit which is practical to use by the Aborigine will help to control parasitic infection.  

Keywords

Aborigine, attitudes, knowledge, parasitic infections, practices

Supporting Institution

International Islamic University Malaysia Publication Research Grant Scheme

Project Number

P-RIGS18-037-0037

Parazit Enfeksiyonları: Maran, Pekan ve Kuantan'daki Aborijinler Arasında Hijyen Yardım Setinin Bulunması ile Bilgi, Tutum ve Uygulama Düzeyleri

Abstract

Amaç: Aborjin'in paraziter enfeksiyon anlayışı, tutum ve uygulamasında ve hijyen farkındalığında halen yetersizlikler bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, (I) Kuantan, Maran ve Pekan'daki Aborjinlerin paraziter enfeksiyon konusundaki bilgi düzeylerini keşfetmek, (II) paraziter enfeksiyonlara karşı tutumlarını analiz etmek ve (III) Aborjin halkını paraziter enfeksiyonlardan önlemeye yönelik en iyi uygulamaları bildirmektir.

Materyal ve Metot: Uygun örneklemenin yapıldığı Kuantan, Maran ve Pekan'daki 88 Aborjin halkına doğrulanmış anketin dağıtılması yoluyla nicel bir kesitsel çalışma belirli kriterlere göre numune almak için kullanıldı. Veriler SPSS 20.0 sürümü kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Önemli testi gerçekleştirmek için tanımlayıcı istatistik kullanarak.

Bulgular: Bulgular, Aborjin halkının paraziter enfeksiyonlar konusunda yetersiz bilgi, olumlu tutum ve iyi uygulamalara sahip olduğunu ve sonuçlara göre bazılarının hijyen yardım materyalinin varlığından haberdar olmadığını göstermektedir.

Sonuç: Bu nedenle, sağlığı geliştirmede doğru yaklaşım, kişisel hijyen konusunda rehberlik ve Aborjin tarafından kullanımı pratik olan kullanışlı hijyen yardım kiti, parazit enfeksiyonunun kontrol edilmesine yardımcı olacaktır.   

Keywords

Aborjin, bilgi, paraziter enfeksiyonlar, tutumlar, uygulamalar

Project Number

P-RIGS18-037-0037

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