Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practise and Health Literacy (KAPH) Towards COVID-19 in Post-COVID-19 New Reality: The Need and Its Challenges in Malaysia

Dalawi, Izzaty; Chen, Xin Wee; Isa, Mohamad Rodi; Azhar, Zahir Izuan; Nor, Fadzilah Mohd

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.704115

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“…Nevertheless, the overall attitude of respondents in this study was encouraging -which is a vital determinant of adhering to COVID-19 preventive practices. These results might be linked to the measures taken by the Malaysian government to educate the public via various platforms, including electronic and digital means (Azlan et al, 2021;Dalawi et al, 2021). Given the relatively smaller population of Malaysia compared to Indonesia and Bangladesh, COVID-19-related information was disseminated effectively to most people regardless of their locations.…”

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“…These events might have in uenced farmers' perceptions, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 prevention over time. These behavioural changes in compliance with COVID-19-related procedures during various phases of the MCO were highlighted recently byDalawi et al (2021).Farmers that kept exotic animals and attained higher education were more likely to have better knowledge of COVID-19 and its potential zoonotic transmission. Previous studies have also reported that higher educational quali cations were positively associated with better knowledge of COVID-19 among the Malaysian public(Chang et al, 2021;Elias et al, 2021).…”

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“…Malaysian government was able to provide adequate management resources by ensuring the availability of vaccines and healthcare facilities, as well as enforcing the public to adhere to Standard Operating Procedures to curb the spread of COVID-19(Dalawi et al, 2021). These interventions might have assisted in improving farmers' attitudes and practices toward COVID-19 in this study; however, such interventions were either lacking, sub-optimal or less effective in underdeveloped countries.…”

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“…Given the high transmissibility and the recent mutations of the COVID-19 virus, farmers' knowledge about the pathogen and on-farm measures to prevent exposure need to be ascertained and improved if necessary. This information remains unclear in the Malaysian context as most of the recent COVID-19-related surveys focused on students, industry workers, and healthcare personnel (Azlan et al, 2021;Dalawi et al, 2021;Elias et al, 2021). Hence, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among ruminant and exotic animal farmers in Selangor, Malaysia.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among Ruminant and Exotic Animal farmers in Selangor, Malaysia

Sadiq

Ahmad

Mansor

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a remarkable impact on human lives and livelihoods, including livestock farmers and exotic animal owners. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among ruminant and exotic animal farmers in Selangor, Malaysia. Using a quantitative research methodology, an online-based and face-to-face survey was conducted among 102 farmers. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression models. Overall, slightly more than half of the respondents demonstrated good knowledge of and attitude towards COVID-19 and its potential zoonotic implications. Likewise, 58.4% of the respondents exhibited satisfactory preventive practices against potential exposure to COVID-19 except for the low usage of hand gloves and facemasks when handling animals. Farmers’ knowledge of COVID-19 was associated with increasing age (Odds ratio; OR = 1.06; 95 % Confidence Interval: CI 1.01-1.11) and those that kept exotic animals (OR = 10.84; 95% CI 2.32-50.70) relative to ruminant farmers. Respondents were more likely to engage in preventive practices against COVID-19 as their age increased (OR = 3.72; 95% CI 2.54-6.21), and a tendency (P = 0.08) for better preventive practices among farmers with lower (1-5 years) years of farming experience (P = 0.02; OR = 3.77; 95% CI 1.15-12.34). These findings highlight the need to improve farmers’ knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and encourage them to adhere to recommended preventive measures. The associated factors might be considered in improving livestock farmers’ knowledge of COVID-19 and promoting their adherence to recommended guidelines during farm operations.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among Ruminant and Exotic Animal farmers in Selangor, Malaysia

Sadiq

Ahmad

Mansor

2022

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“…To our knowledge, there is no published study investigating the willingness of parents to vaccinate their adolescent children at the time of writing. However, authors found some studies pertaining to health literacy related to COVID-19 vaccination, although these studies did not examine health literacy from parent’s perspective as we intend to examine in this study ( 19 , 20 ). Some countries have conducted surveys to investigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents with children aged 5–11 years old.…”

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Factors influencing parents’ hesitancy to vaccinate their children aged 5–11 years old against COVID-19: results from a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

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Chakraborty

Soh

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IntroductionVaccination programs have been rolled out across the globe to contain and mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Until recently, such programs were limited to adults and the older population, thereby limiting children from getting vaccinated. Recently, the Malaysian government rolled out vaccination for children aged 5–11 years. However, there are certain factors that might affect vaccination uptake among children. This study explores factors influencing parents’ hesitancy to vaccinate children in Malaysia.MethodA nationwide online cross-sectional convenience sampling survey from April 21, 2022 to June 3, 2022 was conducted. The study used descriptive statistics to inform about vaccine hesitancy among parents. Cross-tabulation was performed to calculate the frequency and percentage of vaccine hesitancy, quality of life, e-health literacy, and the 5C psychological antecedents of vaccination among parents with children 5-11 years in Malaysia. Graphical methods were used to portray the levels of e-health literacy and levels of 5C psychological antecedents of vaccination. The study used both bi-variate and multivariate analysis to understand the relationship between vaccine hesitancy and the socio-demo-economic factors, quality of life, e-health literacy and 5C psychological antecedents.ResultsOf 382 participants, almost one-third (33%) of participants reported vaccine hesitancy for their children. For 5C’s psychological antecedents of vaccination, around one quarter (26.96%) reported disagreement for confidence in vaccination, almost half (52.36%) reported disagreement for vaccination complacency, three-fifths (60.99%) reported vaccination constraint, one quarter (25.92%) reported calculation antecedent, and almost one-third reported disagreement over collective responsibility antecedent (25.92%). Chi-square test revealed that gender, employment status, and parents’ COVID-19 vaccination status were significantly associated (p<0.05) with vaccine hesitancy among parents. Assessing the influence of transactional e-health literacy, only the communication component contained a significant association (p<0.05). Among the 5C psychological antecedents, confidence, calculation, and collective responsibility were significantly associated (p<0.05) with vaccine hesitancy. Parents with secondary [OR: 8.80; CI: 2.44−31.79, (p<0.05)], post-secondary [OR: 5.21; CI: 2.10-13.41, (p<0.05)], and tertiary education [OR: 6.77; CI: 2.25−20.35, (p<0.05)] had significantly higher likelihood of vaccine hesitancy than those with primary education.ConclusionHighly educated parents are more skeptical and are more likely to perceive the vaccine as unsafe and ineffective for their children. It is critical to disseminate the required information about the vaccine safety to the educated group.

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Development of the Malay Language of understanding, attitude, practice and health literacy questionnaire on COVID-19 (MUAPHQ C-19): content validity & face validity analysis

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Objective This study aimed to assess the content and face validity index of the development of the understanding, attitude, practice and health literacy questionnaire on COVID-19 (MUAPHQ C-19) in the Malay language. Methods The development of the MUAPHQ C-19 was conducted in two stages. Stage I resulted in the generation of the instrument’s items (development), and stage II resulted in the performance of the instrument’s items (judgement and quantification). Six-panel experts related to the study field and ten general public participated to evaluate the validity of the MUAPHQ C-19. The content validity index (CVI), content validity ratio (CVR) and face validity index (FVI) were analysed using Microsoft Excel. Results There were 54 items and four domains, namely the understanding, attitude, practice and health literacy towards COVID-19, identified in the MUAPHQ C-19 (Version 1.0). The scale-level CVI (S-CVI/Ave) for every domain was above 0.9, which is considered acceptable. The CVR for all items was above 0.7, except for one item in the health literacy domain. Ten items were revised to improve the item’s clarity, and two items were deleted due to the low CVR value and redundancy, respectively. The I-FVI exceeded the cut-off value of 0.83 except for five items from the attitude domain and four from the practice domains. Thus, seven of these items were revised to increase the clarity of items, while another two were deleted due to low I-FVI scores. Otherwise, the S-FVI/Ave for every domain exceeded the cut-off point of 0.9, which is considered acceptable. Thus, 50-item MUAPHQ C-19 (Version 3.0) was generated following the content and face validity analysis. Conclusions The questionnaire development, content validity, and face validity process are lengthy and iterative. The assessment of the instruments’ items by the content experts and the respondents is essential to guarantee the instrument’s validity. Our content and face validity study has finalised the MUAPHQ C-19 version that is ready for the next phase of questionnaire validation, using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practise and Health Literacy (KAPH) Towards COVID-19 in Post-COVID-19 New Reality: The Need and Its Challenges in Malaysia

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References 9 publications

Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among Ruminant and Exotic Animal farmers in Selangor, Malaysia

Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among Ruminant and Exotic Animal farmers in Selangor, Malaysia

Factors influencing parents’ hesitancy to vaccinate their children aged 5–11 years old against COVID-19: results from a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Development of the Malay Language of understanding, attitude, practice and health literacy questionnaire on COVID-19 (MUAPHQ C-19): content validity & face validity analysis

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