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Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?

Insecticide application is one of the most important control measures for protection from mosquito bites. A descriptive, community-based cross-sectional survey involving 986 respondents was conducted to probe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding household insecticide use in Selangor—the...

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Main Authors: Taib, Azratul Hizayu, Chen, Chee Dhang, Wahid, Noor Azrizal, Azirun, Mohd Sofian, Fong, Peng Chew, Low, Van Lun
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93991/
https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/12/1/48/6482793
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spelling my.upm.eprints.939912023-04-06T03:30:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93991/ Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place? Taib, Azratul Hizayu Chen, Chee Dhang Wahid, Noor Azrizal Azirun, Mohd Sofian Fong, Peng Chew Low, Van Lun Insecticide application is one of the most important control measures for protection from mosquito bites. A descriptive, community-based cross-sectional survey involving 986 respondents was conducted to probe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding household insecticide use in Selangor—the state that recorded the highest number of dengue cases in Malaysia. In this study, we classified the responses as either low (poor) or high (good) based on median cut-off points. Age, gender, ethnicity, and household income were found to be significantly associated factors relative to the respondents’ mosquito knowledge score, whereas no factors were significantly associated with attitudes toward the use of household insecticide. Practices, on the other hand, were associated with age and high attitude scores. Most respondents (71.4%) had good knowledge of mosquitoes. Conversely, 51.1% and 59.2% of respondents scored high on attitudes and practices, respectively, on the use of household insecticides. This study highlights the need to expand health promotion activities through social mobilization to raise awareness about vector-borne disease prevention and promoting positive attitudes and safe practices in the use of household insecticides. Oxford University Press 2021-12-24 Article PeerReviewed Taib, Azratul Hizayu and Chen, Chee Dhang and Wahid, Noor Azrizal and Azirun, Mohd Sofian and Fong, Peng Chew and Low, Van Lun (2021) Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place? Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 12 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2155-7470 https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/12/1/48/6482793 10.1093/jipm/pmab040
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description Insecticide application is one of the most important control measures for protection from mosquito bites. A descriptive, community-based cross-sectional survey involving 986 respondents was conducted to probe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding household insecticide use in Selangor—the state that recorded the highest number of dengue cases in Malaysia. In this study, we classified the responses as either low (poor) or high (good) based on median cut-off points. Age, gender, ethnicity, and household income were found to be significantly associated factors relative to the respondents’ mosquito knowledge score, whereas no factors were significantly associated with attitudes toward the use of household insecticide. Practices, on the other hand, were associated with age and high attitude scores. Most respondents (71.4%) had good knowledge of mosquitoes. Conversely, 51.1% and 59.2% of respondents scored high on attitudes and practices, respectively, on the use of household insecticides. This study highlights the need to expand health promotion activities through social mobilization to raise awareness about vector-borne disease prevention and promoting positive attitudes and safe practices in the use of household insecticides.
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author Taib, Azratul Hizayu
Chen, Chee Dhang
Wahid, Noor Azrizal
Azirun, Mohd Sofian
Fong, Peng Chew
Low, Van Lun
spellingShingle Taib, Azratul Hizayu
Chen, Chee Dhang
Wahid, Noor Azrizal
Azirun, Mohd Sofian
Fong, Peng Chew
Low, Van Lun
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
author_facet Taib, Azratul Hizayu
Chen, Chee Dhang
Wahid, Noor Azrizal
Azirun, Mohd Sofian
Fong, Peng Chew
Low, Van Lun
author_sort Taib, Azratul Hizayu
title Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
title_short Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
title_full Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
title_sort knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of household insecticide products: is the awareness in place?
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93991/
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