A Cross-sectional Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes towards Zika Virus and its Prevention among Residents of Selangor, Malaysia

Arief, Mohammad; Hassali, Mohamed Azmi; Saleem, Fahad; Khan, Muhammad Umair; Ahmad, Akram; Bhagavathulha, Akshaya Srikanth; Jamshed, Shazia Qasim

doi:10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.20

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“…Heitzinger, 2017 found in his study that early two thirds of the studied sample reported taking act to avoid Zika infection while existing in a Zika-affected region or travelling. The finding of the current study indicates that about 83.1 of participant have a negative attitude pre-test this is Uncomplicated with Arief et al 2017 (Mohammad et al, 2017) who found that (70.9%) of sample has a favourable attitude, too.…”

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Educational Programme for Pregnant Women About Zika Virus Infection in Benha City

Zahra¹

2018

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Background: Zika virus has potential to cause a pandemic so it becomes a major public health concern worldwide. Even if its effect on adults is commonly mild, Zika creates expressive risks for developing fetuses of infected women during pregnancy. The present study is quasi-experimental study aiming to examine the impact of Zika Virus Infection educational program for pregnant women on their knowledge, attitude and practice before and after applying for the program.Setting: The study was performed at antenatal clinics in maternal and child health care center at Benha city from the beginning of August 2015 until October2015. The study sample consisted of105 pregnant women simple randomly included in the study. The data was collected through a structured Interviewing questionnaire for the mother to assess the level of women's knowledge attitude and reported practice related to ZIK virus were assessed before and after the program. The results revealed that there was a significant improvement in the nurses' knowledge score about Meaning, causative agent, Vaccine, symptoms, complications, investigations, and management of Zika virus; moreover, there was an improvement in total reported practices about Zika tends to rise.Conclusion: There was an improvement in knowledge, attitude, and practice of the participant's post-program. Based on the results of the study recommended that: Health education to pregnant women about the Zika virus should be included in the antenatal health education program as well as the need for additional public health messaging to avoid it.

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Educational Programme for Pregnant Women About Zika Virus Infection in Benha City

Zahra¹

2018

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“…The finding in the Qatar study however is similar to 64.0% of respondents that knew that Zika virus did not have a vaccine, in another ZVD study conducted in Selangor, Malaysia in 2016[36].Overall mean percentage basic knowledge level of 37.2%, on Zika virus disease, among women visiting children immunization unit in a tertiary hospital, southeast Nigeria is poor. The pattern of this knowledge among the different educational level of respondents revealed that those with tertiary education qualification demonstrated the highest mean percentage score of 54.4%; while the more educationally qualified group of postgraduate respondents recorded a…”

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“…A more encouraging finding of 56.8% was made in Malaysia in 2016 [36]. It has been documented that Zika virus Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) can be detected in semen 188 days after the onset of symptoms [40].…”

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Formal Education Related Pattern of Awareness and Basic Knowledge on Zika Virus Disease, among Women Visiting Children Immunization Unit in a Tertiary Hospital, Southeast Nigeria

Ndibuagu¹

2018

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Zika virus is transmitted through the bite of infected Aedesa egypti, or Aedes albopictus mosquito, and re-emerged as a disease of global public health importance in March/April 2015 in Brazil. The objective of this study is to assess the formal education related pattern of awareness, and basic knowledge on Zika virus disease, among women visiting children immunization unit in a tertiary hospital, in Nigeria. Study was conducted in 2016/2017 with 256 randomly selected respondents. Semi-structured questionnaire was used in the cross-sectional study. Findings including 77.8% of respondents with postgraduate educational qualification were aware that there is a disease known as Zika Virus Disease (ZVD), 62.0% for tertiary education qualification, 53.8% for secondary education level, 20.0% for primary education level, while none of the three respondents that had no formal education were aware of ZVD. The level of awareness increased with increasing educational qualification. These findings were analyzed using the Likelihood Ratio which was calculated to be 28.329, with P-value of <0.001. Television was the commonest source of first ZVD information. Overall mean percentage knowledge level of the different educational groups revealed as followed; no formal education 22.2%, primary level 12.0%, secondary level 46.1%, tertiary level 54.4%, and postgraduate level was 51.5%. The mean for the stated scores was 37.2%. Students' T-Test at 95.0% confidence interval was 0.012, showing that the difference in the mean percentage scores between the groups was significant. Respondents with tertiary and postgraduate education qualifications recorded overall mean score above 50.0% each, while secondary, primary, and no for-How to cite this paper: Ndibuagu, E.O.

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“…A number of recent studies have been published evaluating the awareness regarding ZIKV disease in different populations,[ 7 8 9 10 11 12 ] but there are very few studies on the awareness of ZIKV disease among medical and health sciences university students. [ 13 14 ] The paucity in research data on awareness of ZIKV disease in the UAE has led to this study.…”

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Zika virus disease knowledge among the future health-care providers of the United Arab Emirates

Rabbani

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Zika virus (ZIKV) disease has become a major public health concern. Although there are no reported cases of ZIKV disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is a potential risk of transmission due to large expatriate population and high influx of international travelers. This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge of ZIKV disease among the students of a medical and health sciences university in the UAE. Their knowledge of ZIKV disease was assessed using a specially designed, pretested, and validated questionnaire. Of the 500 respondents included in the final analysis, 314 (62.8%) respondents presented with poor knowledge of ZIKV disease. The mean knowledge score of the study population was 10.48 ± 2.48 out of a maximum of 17. Gender, college and year of study, nationality and attendance in lecture/conference/workshop on Zika were significantly associated with the level of knowledge. The males possessed significantly (P = 0.046) better knowledge as compared to the females. Students of medical college had significantly (P = 0.005) better knowledge as compared to students of other colleges. The level of knowledge improved significantly (P = 0.026) as the year of study progressed. There is a need for medical and paramedical students to update their knowledge of ZIKV disease as they are the future health-care providers who will be responsible for creating awareness about such outbreaks and their preventive measures.

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A Cross-sectional Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes towards Zika Virus and its Prevention among Residents of Selangor, Malaysia

Cited by 21 publications

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Educational Programme for Pregnant Women About Zika Virus Infection in Benha City

Educational Programme for Pregnant Women About Zika Virus Infection in Benha City

Formal Education Related Pattern of Awareness and Basic Knowledge on Zika Virus Disease, among Women Visiting Children Immunization Unit in a Tertiary Hospital, Southeast Nigeria

Zika virus disease knowledge among the future health-care providers of the United Arab Emirates

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