Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan

Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the association between knowledge, attitude and practice among Kuantan community towards anti-smoking campaign. An anti-smoking campaign can be referred to as a series of ads programs that are introduced through various objective approaches to gi...

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Main Authors:	Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy, Alias, Normalina, Mat Yusof, Afzan, Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman
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Published:	UPM Press 2019
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-797002020-03-20T05:57:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79700/ Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy Alias, Normalina Mat Yusof, Afzan Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the association between knowledge, attitude and practice among Kuantan community towards anti-smoking campaign. An anti-smoking campaign can be referred to as a series of ads programs that are introduced through various objective approaches to give awareness to people on the negative impacts of smoking behavior. The objectives of this study are (i) to investigate the association between socio-demographic data (gender, income, education level) and level of knowledge towards anti-smoking campaign; (ii) to find out the association between socio-demographic data (gender, income, education level) and level of attitude against anti-smoking campaigns; (iii) to study the association between socio-demographic data (gender, income, education level) and level of practice towards anti-smoking campaigns; and (iv) to find out the correlation between level of knowledge with level of attitude, level of knowledge with level of practice, and level of attitude with level of practice towards anti-smoking campaigns. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among adult Kuantan community and convenience sampling was used to collect the data. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using SPSS and association of variables was analysed using Chi-square test. Results: This study found that level of knowledge did not affect the attitude level of the community. However, level of knowledge did affect the level of practice towards the anti-smoking campaign. Conclusion: It revealed that respondents with high level of knowledge also had good level of practice towards anti-smoking campaign. UPM Press 2019-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79700/3/79700_Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%20and%20Practice.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79700/2/79700_Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%20and%20Practice_SCOPUS.pdf Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy and Alias, Normalina and Mat Yusof, Afzan and Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman (2019) Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (3). pp. 61-66. E-ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019100108522909_MJMHS_0017.pdf
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy Alias, Normalina Mat Yusof, Afzan Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan
description	Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the association between knowledge, attitude and practice among Kuantan community towards anti-smoking campaign. An anti-smoking campaign can be referred to as a series of ads programs that are introduced through various objective approaches to give awareness to people on the negative impacts of smoking behavior. The objectives of this study are (i) to investigate the association between socio-demographic data (gender, income, education level) and level of knowledge towards anti-smoking campaign; (ii) to find out the association between socio-demographic data (gender, income, education level) and level of attitude against anti-smoking campaigns; (iii) to study the association between socio-demographic data (gender, income, education level) and level of practice towards anti-smoking campaigns; and (iv) to find out the correlation between level of knowledge with level of attitude, level of knowledge with level of practice, and level of attitude with level of practice towards anti-smoking campaigns. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among adult Kuantan community and convenience sampling was used to collect the data. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using SPSS and association of variables was analysed using Chi-square test. Results: This study found that level of knowledge did not affect the attitude level of the community. However, level of knowledge did affect the level of practice towards the anti-smoking campaign. Conclusion: It revealed that respondents with high level of knowledge also had good level of practice towards anti-smoking campaign.
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author	Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy Alias, Normalina Mat Yusof, Afzan Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman
author_facet	Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy Alias, Normalina Mat Yusof, Afzan Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman
author_sort	Jaafar, Mohamad Helmy
title	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in kuantan
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards available anti-smoking campaign among adults in Kuantan

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