Effectiveness of Dengue Awareness Calendar on Indigenous Population: Impact on Knowledge, Belief and Practice
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Published:2023-02-21
Issue:5
Volume:11
Page:637
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ISSN:2227-9032
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Container-title:Healthcare
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Healthcare
Author:
Wong Li Ping12ORCID, Rajandra Arulvani1, Abd Jamil Juraina3, AbuBakar Sazaly3ORCID, Lin Yulan2ORCID, Lee Hai Yen3ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia 2. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China 3. Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HiCOE), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Abstract
Background: Dengue is prevalent among the indigenous community due to impoverished living conditions near the forest fringe areas and lack of health awareness. The study aims to determine the effect of a dengue awareness calendar on knowledge, belief, and practices (KBP) among the indigenous population. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in nine selected indigenous villages in Selangor, Malaysia. A dengue awareness calendar was distributed to the indigenous communities after pre-intervention. The KBP scores were compared between the pre-and post-intervention. Result: A total of 609 paired responses were obtained. Knowledge, perceived severity, cues to action, self-efficacy, and prevention practices were significantly improved after the intervention (p > 0.00). Participants with primary (Odds Ratio (OR) 2.627; 95% CI 1.338–5.160) and secondary level education (OR 2.263; 95% Cl 1.126–4.550) reported a high increment in practices score. High increments in dengue knowledge scores (OR 2.190; 95% CI 1.521–3.757, p < 0.00) were significantly more likely to report a high increment in practices score. Housewives (OR 0.535; 95% Cl 0.289–0.950), perceived severity (OR 0.349; 95% CI 0.184–0.662), and perceived susceptibility (OR 0.474; 95% CI 0.286–0.785) were significantly less likely to report an increment in prevention practices score. Conclusion: Findings inferred that the dengue awareness calendar significantly improved knowledge and practices. Our findings revealed the effectiveness of the dengue awareness calendar in dengue prevention among indigenous communities.
Funder
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) program Skim Dana Program Flagship DSTIN
Subject
Health Information Management,Health Informatics,Health Policy,Leadership and Management
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