DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS
Introduction: Malaysia reported a 150.7% increment in dengue cases in 2022 compared to 2021. Aim of this study was to evaluate the respondent's involvement in dengue prevention initiatives and public perceptions of barriers to eliminating mosquito breeding sites among Malaysian residents. Metho...
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| author | Noorlaile Jasman Siti Nur Farhana Kamarul Zaman Saleh Norrafizah Jaafar Zanariah Zaini Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan Albeny Joslyn Panting |
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| description | Introduction: Malaysia reported a 150.7% increment in dengue cases in 2022 compared to 2021. Aim of this study was to evaluate the respondent's involvement in dengue prevention initiatives and public perceptions of barriers to eliminating mosquito breeding sites among Malaysian residents. Methods: A cross-sectional survey employing a population-based approach and a sophisticated survey design, carried out from August to October 2020. Respondents in this study must be 13 years of age or older from the selected households and live in non-institutionalized living quarters (LQ) units in Malaysia, regardless of citizenship. A pretested and structured Self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) was used. SPSS Version 23.0 was used to analyse the data. Results: Out of 4,522 participants, only 1,642 (36.7%) people carried out individual "Search and Destroy" mosquito breeding site practices at home once a week as recommended by the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH). Most respondents (n = 3,831, 94.3%) said they cleared their homes' clogged drains and cleaned their rain gutters. There is a significant association between compliance of ‘Search and Destroy’ practicing and type of house (p-value = 0.001). In order to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes, 89.9% of the respondents (n=4,047) stated that they stay indoors when Aedes mosquito are active. The perceived barriers to dengue prevention activities are high for 22.6% of the participants. Conclusions: Addressing public perception of barriers to dengue prevention is an important step in controlling the spread of this disease in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-952eefe56d7141db93a2d1bfdf136e402025-08-20T03:13:32ZengUniversitas AirlanggaThe Indonesian Journal of Public Health1829-70052540-88362024-11-0119340641810.20473/ijph.v19i3.2024.406-41849298DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANSNoorlaile Jasman0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-6130Siti Nur Farhana1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2317-4057Kamarul Zaman Saleh2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3501-5419Norrafizah Jaafar3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-2265Zanariah Zaini4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-3384Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8554-9080Albeny Joslyn Panting6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6987-5011Institute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaHospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Ministry of Health, MalaysiaInstitute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute for Health Behavioural Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaIntroduction: Malaysia reported a 150.7% increment in dengue cases in 2022 compared to 2021. Aim of this study was to evaluate the respondent's involvement in dengue prevention initiatives and public perceptions of barriers to eliminating mosquito breeding sites among Malaysian residents. Methods: A cross-sectional survey employing a population-based approach and a sophisticated survey design, carried out from August to October 2020. Respondents in this study must be 13 years of age or older from the selected households and live in non-institutionalized living quarters (LQ) units in Malaysia, regardless of citizenship. A pretested and structured Self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) was used. SPSS Version 23.0 was used to analyse the data. Results: Out of 4,522 participants, only 1,642 (36.7%) people carried out individual "Search and Destroy" mosquito breeding site practices at home once a week as recommended by the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH). Most respondents (n = 3,831, 94.3%) said they cleared their homes' clogged drains and cleaned their rain gutters. There is a significant association between compliance of ‘Search and Destroy’ practicing and type of house (p-value = 0.001). In order to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes, 89.9% of the respondents (n=4,047) stated that they stay indoors when Aedes mosquito are active. The perceived barriers to dengue prevention activities are high for 22.6% of the participants. Conclusions: Addressing public perception of barriers to dengue prevention is an important step in controlling the spread of this disease in Malaysia.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJPH/article/view/51140dengue preventionbarriersbreeding sites |
| spellingShingle | Noorlaile Jasman Siti Nur Farhana Kamarul Zaman Saleh Norrafizah Jaafar Zanariah Zaini Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan Albeny Joslyn Panting DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS The Indonesian Journal of Public Health dengue prevention barriers breeding sites |
| title | DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS |
| title_full | DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS |
| title_fullStr | DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS |
| title_full_unstemmed | DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS |
| title_short | DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS |
| title_sort | dengue prevention and public perception of barriers to eliminate mosquito breeding sites among malaysians |
| topic | dengue prevention barriers breeding sites |
| url | https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJPH/article/view/51140 |
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