Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle

Completing a course in Immunology is expected to improve health care knowledge (HCK), which in turn is anticipated to influence a healthy lifestyle (HLS), controlled use of health care services (HCS) and an awareness of emerging health care concerns (HCC). This cross-sectional study was designed to...

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Main Authors:	Abu Kassim, Noor Lide, Salehuddin, Afiqah, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Rahman, Mohammed Tariqur
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Published:	Public library science, San Francisco, USA 2016
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-528122017-06-01T07:28:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52812/ Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Salehuddin, Afiqah Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim Rahman, Mohammed Tariqur R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Completing a course in Immunology is expected to improve health care knowledge (HCK), which in turn is anticipated to influence a healthy lifestyle (HLS), controlled use of health care services (HCS) and an awareness of emerging health care concerns (HCC). This cross-sectional study was designed to determine whether these interrelationships are empirically supported. Participants involved in this study were government servants from two ministries in Malaysia (n = 356) and university students from a local university (n = 147). Participants were selected using the non-random purposive sampling method. Data were collected using a self-developed questionnaire, which had been validated in a pilot study involving similar subjects. The questionnaire items were analyzed using Rasch analysis, SPSS version 21 and AMOS version 22. Results have shown that participants who followed a course in Immunology (CoI) had a higher primary HCK (Mean = 0.69 logit, SD = 1.29 logits) compared with those who had not (Mean = -0.27logit, SD = 1.26 logits). Overall, there were significant correlations among the HLS, the awareness of emerging HCC, and the controlled use of HCS (p <0.001). However, no significant correlations were observed between primary HCK and the other variables. However, significant positive correlation was observed between primary HCK and controlled use of HCS for the group without CoI. Path analysis showed that the awareness of emerging HCC exerted a positive influence on controlled use of HCS (β = 0.156, p < .001) and on HLS (β = 0.224, p < .001). These findings suggest that having CoI helps increase primary HCK which influences controlled use of HCS but does not necessarily influence HLS. Hence, introducing Immunology at various levels of education and increasing the public awareness of emerging HCC might help to improve population health en masse. In addition, further investigations on the factors affecting HLS is required to provide a better understanding on the relationship between primary HCK and HLS. Public library science, San Francisco, USA 2016-07-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52812/7/influence_52812.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52812/13/52812_Influence%20of%20immunology_WOS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52812/14/52812_Influence%20of%20immunology_SCOPUS.pdf Abu Kassim, Noor Lide and Salehuddin, Afiqah and Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim and Rahman, Mohammed Tariqur (2016) Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle. PLOS One, 11 (7). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1932-6203 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965037/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0159767
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Salehuddin, Afiqah Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim Rahman, Mohammed Tariqur Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
description	Completing a course in Immunology is expected to improve health care knowledge (HCK), which in turn is anticipated to influence a healthy lifestyle (HLS), controlled use of health care services (HCS) and an awareness of emerging health care concerns (HCC). This cross-sectional study was designed to determine whether these interrelationships are empirically supported. Participants involved in this study were government servants from two ministries in Malaysia (n = 356) and university students from a local university (n = 147). Participants were selected using the non-random purposive sampling method. Data were collected using a self-developed questionnaire, which had been validated in a pilot study involving similar subjects. The questionnaire items were analyzed using Rasch analysis, SPSS version 21 and AMOS version 22. Results have shown that participants who followed a course in Immunology (CoI) had a higher primary HCK (Mean = 0.69 logit, SD = 1.29 logits) compared with those who had not (Mean = -0.27logit, SD = 1.26 logits). Overall, there were significant correlations among the HLS, the awareness of emerging HCC, and the controlled use of HCS (p <0.001). However, no significant correlations were observed between primary HCK and the other variables. However, significant positive correlation was observed between primary HCK and controlled use of HCS for the group without CoI. Path analysis showed that the awareness of emerging HCC exerted a positive influence on controlled use of HCS (β = 0.156, p < .001) and on HLS (β = 0.224, p < .001). These findings suggest that having CoI helps increase primary HCK which influences controlled use of HCS but does not necessarily influence HLS. Hence, introducing Immunology at various levels of education and increasing the public awareness of emerging HCC might help to improve population health en masse. In addition, further investigations on the factors affecting HLS is required to provide a better understanding on the relationship between primary HCK and HLS.
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author	Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Salehuddin, Afiqah Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim Rahman, Mohammed Tariqur
author_facet	Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Salehuddin, Afiqah Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim Rahman, Mohammed Tariqur
author_sort	Abu Kassim, Noor Lide
title	Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
title_short	Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
title_full	Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
title_fullStr	Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
title_full_unstemmed	Influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
title_sort	influence of immunology knowledge on healthcare and healthy lifestyle
publisher	Public library science, San Francisco, USA
publishDate	2016
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