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Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia

A novel coronavirus; COVID-19 is posing a great threat to mankind worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly pathogen as a pandemic in view of its alarming spread. Literature affirms that universities have a higher potential to be centres of a pandemic outbreak. The infec...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Zeti Azreen, Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Negeri Surabaya cooperates with Asosiasi Profesi Pendidik dan Peneliti Sosiologi Indonesia (AP3SI) 2020
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HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
L Education (General)
LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.iium.irep.842152021-01-05T03:03:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/84215/ Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia Ahmad, Zeti Azreen Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education A novel coronavirus; COVID-19 is posing a great threat to mankind worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly pathogen as a pandemic in view of its alarming spread. Literature affirms that universities have a higher potential to be centres of a pandemic outbreak. The infectious disease could easily transmit from one person to many others within a university vicinity, thus creating a cluster if not properly contained. The Malaysian government has imposed the movement control order (MCO) to flatten the curve of infection. All economic sectors were closed during the MCO period. This study was conducted to explore the knowledge, attitude and health practices towards COVID-19 among internal stakeholders of a public university in Malaysia. An online survey was carried out on the first week of MCO. A total of 340 respondentsD comprised of students and staffs took part in the survey. The regression analysis found knowledge and attitude were significant predictors for adopting appropriate health practices among the internal stakeholders during the new coronavirus outbreak. This present study extends the existing literature on health crisis focusing on internal stakeholders of an institute of higher learning particularly during an early phase of MCO in Malaysia. Universitas Negeri Surabaya cooperates with Asosiasi Profesi Pendidik dan Peneliti Sosiologi Indonesia (AP3SI) 2020-10-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/84215/1/84215_Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%20on%20Health%20Practices.pdf Ahmad, Zeti Azreen and Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman (2020) Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The Journal of Society and Media, October 2020, Vol. 4(2) 367-384, 4 (2). pp. 367-384. ISSN 2721-0383 E-ISSN 2580-1341 https://journal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/jsm/article/view/9251/4589 10.26740/jsm.v4n2.p384
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topic HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
L Education (General)
LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
L Education (General)
LB2300 Higher Education
Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman
Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
description A novel coronavirus; COVID-19 is posing a great threat to mankind worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly pathogen as a pandemic in view of its alarming spread. Literature affirms that universities have a higher potential to be centres of a pandemic outbreak. The infectious disease could easily transmit from one person to many others within a university vicinity, thus creating a cluster if not properly contained. The Malaysian government has imposed the movement control order (MCO) to flatten the curve of infection. All economic sectors were closed during the MCO period. This study was conducted to explore the knowledge, attitude and health practices towards COVID-19 among internal stakeholders of a public university in Malaysia. An online survey was carried out on the first week of MCO. A total of 340 respondentsD comprised of students and staffs took part in the survey. The regression analysis found knowledge and attitude were significant predictors for adopting appropriate health practices among the internal stakeholders during the new coronavirus outbreak. This present study extends the existing literature on health crisis focusing on internal stakeholders of an institute of higher learning particularly during an early phase of MCO in Malaysia.
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author Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
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title Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_short Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_full Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_sort knowledge, attitude on health practices of university students and staffs during the covid-19 pandemic in malaysia
publisher Universitas Negeri Surabaya cooperates with Asosiasi Profesi Pendidik dan Peneliti Sosiologi Indonesia (AP3SI)
publishDate 2020
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