Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi

Background: Dengue is among the most well-known mosquito-borne viral illnesses attacking people. Prevalence of Dengue fever among Malaysians has been worsened each year with an increasing numbers of reported cases and its more severe forms clearly calls attention to the importance of knowledge and a...

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Main Authors:	Awang, Noor Zafirah, Abdul Kudus, Nurul Farahana, Nor Azmi, Siti Noorhanny
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Health Sciences 2015
Subjects:	Infectious and parasitic diseases
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23828/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23828/1/PPb_NOOR%20ZAFIRAH%20AWANG%20HS%20B%2015_5.pdf

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spelling	uitm-238282019-04-10T07:22:46Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23828/ Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi Awang, Noor Zafirah Abdul Kudus, Nurul Farahana Nor Azmi, Siti Noorhanny Infectious and parasitic diseases Background: Dengue is among the most well-known mosquito-borne viral illnesses attacking people. Prevalence of Dengue fever among Malaysians has been worsened each year with an increasing numbers of reported cases and its more severe forms clearly calls attention to the importance of knowledge and attitudes toward the prevention of dengue. Objective: The study aims to assess the knowledge and attitudes regarding Dengue Fever among university students in UiTM Puncak Alam campus. Methodology: A cross-sectional study using self-reported questionnaires was conducted among 366 undergraduate students of UiTM Puncak Alam. The data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Only 57 (15.6%) of undergraduate students have good knowledge on Dengue Fever while 290 (79.2%) students have good attitudes towards Dengue Fever. There were no statistically significant associations between most sociodemographic factors (with score of knowledge regarding Dengue Fever except for faculty; p=0.01. There were also no statistically significant associations between most socio-demographic factors with attitude regarding Dengue Fever. Conclusion: Undergraduate students have excellent attitude regarding Dengue Fever. However, the level of knowledge was poor where less than quarter of the participants able to achieve the good level of knowledge on Dengue Fever. Faculty of Health Sciences 2015 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23828/1/PPb_NOOR%20ZAFIRAH%20AWANG%20HS%20B%2015_5.pdf Awang, Noor Zafirah and Abdul Kudus, Nurul Farahana and Nor Azmi, Siti Noorhanny (2015) Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic	Infectious and parasitic diseases
spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases Awang, Noor Zafirah Abdul Kudus, Nurul Farahana Nor Azmi, Siti Noorhanny Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi
description	Background: Dengue is among the most well-known mosquito-borne viral illnesses attacking people. Prevalence of Dengue fever among Malaysians has been worsened each year with an increasing numbers of reported cases and its more severe forms clearly calls attention to the importance of knowledge and attitudes toward the prevention of dengue. Objective: The study aims to assess the knowledge and attitudes regarding Dengue Fever among university students in UiTM Puncak Alam campus. Methodology: A cross-sectional study using self-reported questionnaires was conducted among 366 undergraduate students of UiTM Puncak Alam. The data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Only 57 (15.6%) of undergraduate students have good knowledge on Dengue Fever while 290 (79.2%) students have good attitudes towards Dengue Fever. There were no statistically significant associations between most sociodemographic factors (with score of knowledge regarding Dengue Fever except for faculty; p=0.01. There were also no statistically significant associations between most socio-demographic factors with attitude regarding Dengue Fever. Conclusion: Undergraduate students have excellent attitude regarding Dengue Fever. However, the level of knowledge was poor where less than quarter of the participants able to achieve the good level of knowledge on Dengue Fever.
format	Student Project
author	Awang, Noor Zafirah Abdul Kudus, Nurul Farahana Nor Azmi, Siti Noorhanny
author_facet	Awang, Noor Zafirah Abdul Kudus, Nurul Farahana Nor Azmi, Siti Noorhanny
author_sort	Awang, Noor Zafirah
title	Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi
title_short	Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi
title_full	Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi
title_fullStr	Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi
title_sort	knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in uitm puncak alam / noor zafirah awang , nurul farahana abdul kudus and siti noorhanny nor azmi
publisher	Faculty of Health Sciences
publishDate	2015
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23828/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23828/1/PPb_NOOR%20ZAFIRAH%20AWANG%20HS%20B%2015_5.pdf
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Knowledge and attitude regarding dengue fever among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam / Noor Zafirah Awang , Nurul Farahana Abdul Kudus and Siti Noorhanny Nor Azmi

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