Bad Attitude Research Articles

Collaborative Practice between Doctors and Nurses in Patients Management: Attitude of Teamwork

Background: Interprofessional collaboration is essential in providing higher-quality health services and ensuring patient safety.Objective: This study aims to assess the attitude of cooperation between doctors and nurses as first line health workers in an academic health facility and explore their perspectives on the collaboration attitude between doctors and nurses.Methods: This study used a mixed-method design. The quantitative sample was chosen randomly but with total sampling for the primary clinic. Data on the attitude of cooperation between doctors and nurses from the questionnaire results were analyzed descriptively. The sample for the qualitative study was selected purposively, each health service consisted of 1 doctor and one nurse, so the number of informants was six. The qualitative data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed qualitatively using the constant comparative method.Results: The results showed that of 84 respondents, 54 doctors, and 30 nurses, 95% showed a good teamwork attitude. Some respondents (5%) showed a bad attitude, especially on three items, namely item no 4 (doctors do not have the right to change the treatment plan that has been made), 13 (doctors do not have to be the final determinant) and 18 (possibility of other professions to become leaders). The results of the qualitative analysis show that there are five final themes, namely: 1. teamwork is good; 2. the role of the profession; 3. the importance of interprofessional communication; 4. openness to receive feedback; 5—patient safety and PCC.Conclusion: Both professions have distinct but equal and complementary roles in patient management, each with their own advantages or capabilities. Open communication, which includes getting criticism, can help overcome a poor cooperative attitude.

PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE OF THE PARAKOU CITY POPULATION WITH COVID-19

In the heart of the news in Benin and around the world, the covid19 pandemic raises many questions. Every day several cases of contamination, deaths, and cures are recorded. Despite this increase in the number of cases, we note that in most cities of Benin in general and in Parakou in particular, the population continues to neglect health measures (wearing mufflers, social distancing in markets, and places of strong agglomeration). The question which then arises is the following: how to understand the perceptions and attitudes of the inhabitants of the city of Parakou vis-à-vis the coronavirus? The objective of the study was to analyze the level of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of the inhabitants of the city of Parakou vis-à-vis covid 19. The methodology used for this work is the mixed approach with a predominantly qualitative basis. The mother population is the inhabitants of the Parakou commune. The survey took place in the 1st district of the city of Parakou. Analysis of the data revealed that on the one hand, the populations assimilate the origin of covid19 to a human creation or even a genetic manipulation in the laboratories. These diverse perceptions are explained on the other hand by the low level of knowledge of the populations on the coronavirus. On the other hand, respect for barrier gestures follows repression or any administrative constraint. Which testifies to a bad attitude of the population of the 1st district.

Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Sikap Terhadap Perilaku Pemilihan Skincare Wajah melalui Media Sosial pada salah satu Universitas Di Karawang Jawa Barat

Skincare is needed to maintain skin cleanliness. When choosing skincare, some people were bad attitude and behavior only armed with social media, advertisement, and information form friends, which in reality is not necessarily true, so choose the wrong skincare. Internet connections and social networks make it easy to find information about the bought skincare. So it is necessary to know the description of knowledge, attitude, behavior and to prove the correlation between knowledge and attitude toward the behavior of choosing facial skincare through social media in one of University in Karawang-Wesy Java’s students. This study used a descriptive analytic design with a cross sectional approach. The instrument used is a questionnarie. The sample consisted of 392 students which included the inclusion criteria. The sampling technique used is accidental sampling. The results of the bivariate analysis used the chi square test and there is a correlation between knowledge toward the behavior of choosing facial skincare through social media with a significance value of 0,000 (p 0,05) and there is correlation between attitude toward the behavior of choosing facial skincare through social media with a significance value of 0,000 (p 0,05). The conclusions of this study there is a correlation between knowledge and attitude toward the behavior of choosing facial skincare through social media.

Factors related to the stress among nurses at Lam Dong II hospital and Lam Dong children’s hospital in the Covid - 19 situation

Objective: Describe the stress level and factors related to the stress status among nurses at Lam Dong II Hospital and Lam Dong Children’s Hospital. Participants and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was conducted on 415 nurses working at Lam Dong II Hospital and Lam Dong Children’s Hospital, who directly participated in the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control. Data was collected by self-reported form through the DASS-21 questionnaire from January to September 2022. Result: The rate of nursing stress at mild, moderate and severe levels was 42.3%, 28.9% and 6.1%, respectively. The study identified a number of factors that were statistically significantly related to the stress status of nurses, including Personal factors (age, seniority, physical activity), Work (work stability, overtime duration). Working environment (frequency of exposure to bad attitudes of patient’s family), Encouragement at work. Conclusion: The percentage of nurses showing signs of stress was quite high at 77.4%. It is necessary to have policies and regimes to reduce stress and improve the health and psychological well-being of nurses.

The Determinants of Places of Delivery by Women in the Savelugu/Nanton Municipality, Ghana

Despite improvement in health care services in Ghana, many women still choose to deliver at home. This practice has serious implications for maternal and child health. The phenomenon is not different in Savelugu/Nanton Municipal is even seriously educated women sometimes ignore the health facilities and deliver at home. This paper examines the factors associated with the choice of places of delivery by women in the Savelugu/Nanton Municipality. An analytical cross-sectional study design was used involving women, health workers, Traditional Birth Attendants, opinions, traditional and religious leaders and some key informants. Data was collected through questionnaires, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observations. The result indicates that distance to health centres, personal likes and dislikes of women and availability of TBAs in the community were among the factors influencing the choice of places of delivery. It was also revealed that bad attitudes of health workers and ineffective communication between health workers and patients are some of the factors that influence women's choice of places to deliver. The paper concludes that, despite improvement in health service delivery in Ghana, many women still deliver at home. The paper recommends effective health education by stakeholders to reverse the situation.

Forming Independence in Young Children Through The Habituation Method

This study aims to examine the method of habituation in getting used to the attitude of independence in early childhood in Malahayati Kindergarten, which can be seen in the early days of schooling early childhood in school have behavior that cannot be separated from parents and the existence of bad attitudes that exist in children when children at home, then through this study the researchers wanted to see how the adoption of the habituation method applied in Malahayati Kindergarten in shaping the attitude of independence in children. The type of research used in this study is qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Furthermore, the data collection tools used are interviews aimed at class teachers as those who plan and implement learning activities for children and observations aimed at class B children with documentation as complementary data. The research results show that the formation of independence in children with the habituation method can change children's behavior with the help of teachers who become role models.

Integration of Bibliotherapy Techniques and Spiritual Guidance as A Mental Strengthening Strategy in Post-Psychosis Patient Rehabilitation Dynamics

One mental health problem that is often overlooked is related to patient survival after undergoing psychosis treatment. The post-psychotic patient group is a group that is vulnerable to receiving bad treatment from society as a result of their experiences while suffering from mental disorders. Stigmatization and marginalization are forms of bad attitude that post-psychotic patients often receive when they return to society which triggers the failure of the mental treatment process they have been through. For this reason, mental strengthening is needed for psychosis patients as part of preventive efforts to prevent recurrence and re-treatment. This study aims to determine the strategies used in the process of strengthening the mentality of post-psychotic patients when they are undergoing the rehabilitation process before discharge. This study used a qualitative method with data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation conducted at the Jalma Sehat Mental Rehabilitation Center, Kudus Regency as the research location. The results of the study explained that the mental strengthening was carried out by therapists at the study sites by integrating biblitherapy techniques in the form of creation and innovation of wisdom stories which were integrated with spiritual guidance during the rehabilitation process before discharge. The interventions provided have an impact on the mental readiness of post-psychotic patients to face all the worst possibilities they receive when they return to society. This research is one of the contributions in the development of concepts and practices in psychotherapy for psychosis patients, especially in the study of rehabilitation after psychosis treatment.

Makna Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Dalam Perjanjian Baru

The background of the problem of knowledge crisis to parents in educating children so that mistakes occur in bad behavior towards children, for example shouting, slamming something when angry, hitting, littering, being lazy, or other bad attitudes. The Meaning of Early Childhood in the New Testament. The purpose of this paper is to describe the theological study of the meaning of early childhood education in the New Testament. By analyzing the text in accordance with the principles of exegesis, to get the meaning contained in the context of the meaning of early childhood education in the New Testament. The results of the descriptive analysis of the meaning of early childhood education in the Bible are first, children know the truth. Early childhood knows the truth, namely the word of God. Second, early childhood knows the Holy Spirit. Know the Holy Spirit as God and helper for early childhood to do the truth. Third, early childhood knows safety. Knowing salvation is knowing the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on the cross, so that the faith of early childhood remains strong, and the heart of early childhood remains firm so that it makes children believe and believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven. The description of the meaning of early childhood education in the New Testament consists of: First. Knowing the Truth, knowing the truth about Christian values ??that must be instilled in early childhood, as early as possible from birth they are introduced to Bible teaching and knowledge of the Lord Jesus every day and continuously so that the word of God takes root and bears fruit in children . Second. know the Holy Spirit, early childhood must understand the role of the Holy Spirit as a helper in the lives of believers, so that early childhood can learn to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Early childhood must also learn to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in every action, so that children act honestly and righteously before God and others. The help of the Holy Spirit in the lives of early childhood will make the child aware of the function of the Holy Spirit as a helper. So that children will always come to God to ask for the help of the Holy Spirit. Third. Knowing Salvation, early childhood is taught to recognize the salvation carried out by Jesus who died on the cross to atone for the sins of all believers including the sins of early childhood, so that early childhood knows and understands that only through Jesus can get salvation. For the word of God in John 14:6 says I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.

Treatment Seeking Behavior of Pregnant Women about Malaria in Muzaffargard

Malaria during pregnancy and childhood is the major public health problem and about half of the population is at risk of developing malaria in the world. During pregnancy, it causes severe anemia, low birth weight babies, abortion and many other severe complications. Knowledge plays main role to prevent this disease and therefore in this study health seeking behavior of pregnant women is explored to determine frequency of malaria suspected cases and the reasons for non-utilization of Government health facilities by pregnant women. A total 312 pregnant women were selected through multistage random sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to know about the knowledge and practice of pregnant women about malaria. A survey was conducted Longmalan Village of Muzaffargard. Data was collected and analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Knowledge about malaria was found poor in the majority of the respondents. The major sources of treatment was private health facilities. The major reasons of non-utilization of public health facilities were poor accessibility to transport, lack of trust on public medical providers, and their bad attitude. On the basis of these findings, it was concluded that malaria knowledge has shown to be an important factor for prevention and treatment seeking practices about malaria health education and literacy promotion should strengthen the knowledge about malaria prevention and treatment seeking behavior.

IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN STANDAR PELAYANAN MINIMAL PENDIDIKAN SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA DI KABUPATEN BANYUMAS

This research entitled "Implementation of Minimum Service Standards for Junior High School Education in Banyumas Regency". This research based result the achievement of MSS Junior High School in Banyumas Regency which is still low, especially the availability of facilities and infrastructure and the availability. Therefore, the need for research on the implementation of MSS policy of junior high school education based on the implementation theory of Van Meter and Van Horn. The purpose of this research is to analyze and describe how the implementation of policy of minimum service standard of junior high school in Banyumas Regency. This research used qualitative research method. The technique of selecting informant used purposive sampling technique. Methods of data collection used interview, observation, and documentation. The result obtained shows that implementation of SPM education has not been implemented maximally according to the theory Implementation of Van Meter and Van Horn policy. This is evidenced by the unavailability of standard and target of MSS policy and the absence of SOP made by Banyumas District Education Office. human resources in terms of competence less support, financial resources usage not maximal, least communications, bad attitude executor, and least support from external environment.

Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Dengan Kepemilikan Jamban Pada Masyarakat Negeri Mesa Kabupaten Maluku Tengah

Background. Latrine is an effective human waste disposal facility for breaking the chain of disease transmission. The role of feces in the spread of disease is very large. that is, it can directly contaminate food, drinks, vegetables, etc., as well as water, soil, insects (flies, cockroaches, etc.) and parts of our bodies can be contaminated by these feces. In the 2020 State program report, the number of residents who do not have a toilet in Mesa State is 88 heads of families (64.7%). Research purposes.To obtain information about the description of knowledge and attitudes regarding latrine ownership among the people of Negeri Mesa, Teon Nila, Serua District, Central Maluku Regency in 2021. Method.The research design used was descriptive research, the sampling technique was total sampling, with a sample size of 136 families. Research result.. From the research results, it was found that the majority of respondents had poor knowledge of open defecation behavior, namely 55 respondents (40.4%) while respondents who had good knowledge were 35 respondents (25.7%). There were 132 respondents (97.1%) who had a good attitude towards open defecation, while 4 respondents (2.9%) had a bad attitude. Conclusion.From the research results, it was concluded that in the description of the behavior of the people in this study, they still practice open defecation in Mesa Country and in the attitude category.

The Relationship between the Perception of Virginity Values and Adolescent Attitudes in Maintaining Reproductive Health in Islamic High School (Man) 1 Semarang City

Virginity over virginity in Indonesian society is a symbol of pride, dignity, and respect for women. This study aims to determine the relationship between the perception of virginity values and adolescent attitudes in maintaining reproductive health in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 1 Semarang City. The method used in this study is the Cross-Sectional approach. The data taken were primary data using questionnaires to 307 students with sampling techniques using random sampling. The statistical test used is chi-square with = 0.05. The results of most adolescents in MAN 1 Semarang support virginity values by 59.9%, while 40.1% of adolescents do not support virginity values in adolescents. The results also showed that most adolescents had a good attitude toward maintaining reproductive health (57.7%) (177 people), while the rest had a bad attitude toward maintaining reproductive health, as much as 42.3% (130 people). The results of the Chi-Square test obtained a p-value of 0.001 < 0.05, so it can be concluded that there is a meaningful relationship between adolescent perceptions of virginity values and adolescent attitudes toward maintaining reproductive health. The magnitude of the relationship odd ratio value is 2,171; in other words, adolescents who support the virginity value have a 2,171 times better chance of maintaining reproductive health compared to adolescents who do not support the virginity value. The conclusions of this study are that adolescents' perceptions of the value of virginity have a meaningful relationship with adolescent attitudes toward maintaining reproductive health.

Gambaran Perilaku Wanita Usia Subur (Wus) dalam Upaya Deteksi Dini Kanker Serviks dengan Metode Acetic Acid Visual Inspection (IVA) di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Simpang Baru

Cervical cancer is a major health problem in women in the world, cervical cancer can be prevented by early detection, one of which is the VIA examination. According to data from the Pekanbaru city office in 2019, there were 5 people carrying out an IVA examination at the Simpang Baru Health Center. Factors that influence WUS in the IVA examination behavior are knowledge, attitudes and actions. This study aims to describe the behavior of WUS in an effort to detect cervical cancer using the IVA method in the work area of the Simpang Baru Health Center. Methodology on this research was a quantitative descriptive. The sample in this research were 100 respondents who live in Simpang Baru with propotional random Sampling technique. The variables in this study are behavior with the variable domains of knowledge, attitudes and actions. Measuring instruments used was a questionnaire. The analysis used was univariate. The results of the study based on WUS behavior, it was found that respondents with a row level of knowledge about cervical cancer and early detection efforts were (65%), respondents had a bad attitude about early detection efforts (54%), most of the respondents did not want to take early detection efforts. cervical cancer (54%). and WUS behavior is categorized as negative (61,0%). Behavior will be realized if high knowledge is followed by good attitudes and good actions, therefore it is recommended to increase promotion and counseling about cervical cancer and early detection efforts, so that it will increase awareness and willingness to improve health behavior in efforts to detect cervical cancer early with the IVA method. The conclusion of the study is that most respondents have low knowledge, bad attitudes, do not want to do early detection and negative WUS behavior towards knowledge of early detection of cervical cancer

INCREASING CADRE COMPETENCE AS MENTORS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

Background Pregnancy is a woman's maturation process that requires adaptation to become a mother. This role change is not an easy thing and a companion or mentor is needed. Mentoring for pregnant women is done by optimizing human resources in the community. Method: The activity was carried out in Bandarharjo Village, North Semarang sub-district, Semarang City with 36 potential mentors. The activities were divided into 5 (five) stages, namely (1) Socialization, (2) competency improvement, (3) Practicum (4) Monitoring and evaluation. Results: The pre-test describes that most of the mentors have a low level of knowledge, namely 24 people (66.7%), have a bad attitude as many as 20 people (55.6%), and do not have good mentoring skills. Post-test data obtained, that most of the mentors have moderate knowledge, namely as many as 22 people (61.11%), 34 people (94.4%) have a good attitude and as many as 34 people (94.4%) have moderate skills. Conclusion: There is an increase in the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of mentors after being given training.

Antenatal Care Utilization of Mothers in Selected Cities in Bicol Region: A Quantitative Study

Background. Antenatal Care (ANC) is an essential mandatory preventive care service freely given to pregnant women by the Philippine government. Despite the available ANC services in the country, not all pregnant women still avail of the service.Objective. The study determined the socio-demographic profile of mothers, their ANC services utilization, and the different problems encountered during their antenatal care.Methods. A descriptive research design was used. Purposive sampling was employed to identify the population of the study: women of reproductive age, 18-45 years old, and who had a live birth for the last three years regardless of utilization, partial utilization, or non-utilization of ANC services. Mothers who were currently pregnant and had a history of abortion or stillbirth delivery were excluded from participation. Proportionate sampling was computed to get the sample size: 334 mothers from Iriga City and 392 from Tabaco City. The survey questionnaire was based on the ANC guidelines of the DOH. The statistical treatment used was frequency counting, percentage, and ranking in data analysis.Results. The mothers in Iriga City and Tabaco City were ages 23-27 years old who had 1-3 children, were single but living with partners, and in a nuclear type of family with 4-6 members, were unemployed/housewives, and belonged to a low-income family with >P7,890 family income. In Iriga City, the majority were high school graduates, while in Tabaco City, most were graduates of vocational courses; and elementary and high school undergraduates. There were excellent assessments for history-taking, physical examination, and care provisions in both cities, except for oral health care examination, tests for syphilis, stool examination, acetic acid wash, safe sex education, and oral health checkups and prophylaxis. The identified problems were financial constraints, lack of support system, busy taking care of the kids, sickness, forgetfulness, unwanted pregnancy, drunkard husband, difficult first trimester, bad attitude of midwives, nurses, doctors, and unequal treatment of poor patients.Conclusions. Mothers in both cities were young adults with a low education level who lived with their partners in a poor small nuclear family. Not all ANC services were excellently utilized. Among these were the poor utilization of the tests for syphilis, stool, acetic acid wash; oral health care examination; safe sex education; and oral health checkups and prophylaxis. There were various problems that mothers encountered when seeking ANC services, the most common of which were financial and personal issues.

Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia of Chinese Quarantine People During the COVID-19 Pandemic

To estimate the prevalence rate of depression, anxiety, and insomnia status of quarantine people, and to identify their associated socio-demographic risk and protective factors of mental health features. Self-report data of socio-demographic factors, PHQ-9, GAD-7 and ISI were collected online, the probable prevalence rate and the risk factors of adverse mental health status was evaluated. The rate of screening positive for depression, anxiety, and insomnia was 19.6%, 14.9%, and 14.2%, by using the cutoff value 5, 5, 8 respectively in a total of 10167 subjects. Female, low household income, diagnosed with any medical diseases, and bad attitude towards medical observation showed adverse mental health status of clinical depression, anxiety and insomnia (p<0.01). Spending less time to complete the survey showed lower risk for depression and anxiety (p<0.001). Young and unmarried participants presented high risk of depression (p <0.05). Adverse mental health status of depression, anxiety, and insomnia was common among quarantine people in Shenzhen. It needs to pay more attention to quarantine people who were female, in low income, suffering from any physical diseases and bad attitude towards medical observation. It is necessary to focus on their mental health of quarantine people in medical observation.

Studi Deskriptif Kompetensi Sosial Guru dalam Pendidikan Islam Perspektif Tafsir Al Qur’an

The low quality of education in Indonesia is caused by poor infrastructure and incompetent teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the social competence of teachers in Islamic education from the perspective of the Al-Qur'an interpretation. This research is library research, with the descriptive method of qualitative analysis. The researcher describes the Teacher's Social Competence in Islamic Education and then analyzes it in detail and depth with the Al-Qur'an Tafsir Perspective. Namely the book of Tanwir Miqbas Min Tafsir Ibn Abbas, Tafsir Jalalain, Tafsir al Qur'an al Azim, al Jawaahir al Hisan fii Tafsir al Qur'an, al Jamii 'li Ahkaam al Qur'an. The results of this study are competent teachers, namely teachers who master various sciences related to their responsibilities. Social competence is the ability of teachers in good associations and communication with the school, community and family. Communication must be built with unity, mutual help, advising each other in kindness and patience, easy to thank, good at being grateful, stay away from deceit, care for the poor, tolerance, simple, not arrogant, non-discriminatory and prohibited from spying, having bad attitudes and reproach.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Stigma: The Perceptions of Tuberculosis in Equatorial Guinea.

Tuberculosis remains one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Equatorial Guinea, with an estimated incidence of 280 per 100,000 inhabitants, an estimated mortality rate of 96 per 100,000 inhabitants, and a treatment non-adherence rate of 21.4%. This study aimed to identify the factors associated to TB-related knowledge, attitudes, and stigma in order to design community intervention strategies that could improve TB diagnostic and treatment adherence in Equatorial Guinea. A nationwide cross-sectional survey of 770 household caregivers was conducted in Equatorial Guinea about TB knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Knowledge, attitude, and stigma scores were calculated through correct answers and the median was used as cut-off. Associated factors were analyzed calculating prevalence ratio (PR) and a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) through Poisson regression with robust variance. The percentage of women was 53.0% and median age was 46 years (IQR: 33–60). The percentage of caregivers with high TB related knowledge was 34.9%, with a bad attitude (52.5%) and low stigma (40.4%). A greater probability of having good knowledge was observed in those 45 years old or less (PR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1–1.6), those with higher education level (PR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1–1.8) and higher wealth (PR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.0–2.0), while sex (PR = 0.8, 95% CI: 0.6–0.9), religion (PR = 1.4, 95% CI: 1.0–1.8), and good knowledge (PR = 1.4, 95% CI: 1.2–1.7) were associated with good attitudes. Wage employment (PR = 95% CI: 1.2–1.4), feeling well informed (PR = 0.7, 95% CI: 0.6–0.8), having good TB knowledge (PR = 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1–1.7), and some sources of information were associated with having lower TB-related stigma. This study found that a high percentage of caregivers in Equatorial Guinea lack important knowledge about TB disease and have bad attitudes and high TB-related stigma. Given the epidemiological situation of TB in the country, it is urgent to improve TB knowledge and awareness among Equatorial Guinea’s general population.

Prevalence of Turkish Parent Refusal and Hesitance Rate and Its Associated Factors in Childhood Vaccination

The Rejection of childhood vaccination is still a major issue in many countries. The aim of the study was to assess prevalence of Turkish parent refusal and hesitance rate and its associated factors in Childhood vaccination. A crosssectional study was carried out at the General Pediatric Poly Clinic of Ankara Keçören Training and Research Hospital from January – to April 2020. Data was collected using a questionnaire via face to face interviews with parents. We included parents who have 6 months to 7 years old children, who visited the clinic during the study period and who accepted to join the study. A total of 809 mothers and 132 fathers participated in the survey. Among the parents, 1.2% of them refused the vaccination of their children and 4.8 % of them had incomplete vaccination of their children. More than half (67.4%) of the parents have a high level of knowledge about vaccines. knowledge level was statistically significantly different based on the participant’s occupation, income, education background and father’s age (P <0.05). A majority (72.2%) of the participants had good attitudes toward childhood vaccination, there is no statistically significance based on their occupation, age, income and education background (P > 0.05). Parents with one child had bad attitudes towards vaccines (35.4%). Keywords: Childhood vaccine; vaccine hesitance; vaccine rejection

Attitudes and Practices on Covid-19 amongst Residents of Two States in Northern Peninsular Malaysia

INTRODUCTION: With the global evolution of Covid-19, and Malaysia’s efforts in containment, the onus of curtailing spread lies in the efforts of the residents to comply and adapt to the new social norms. Our aim was to study the attitudes and practices of the residents in two states in Northern Peninsula. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study conducted late October 2020. A pre-validated questionnaire via Google forms used. Sample size determined to be 385 for each state. Five-point Likert scale was used to cover 12 questions on attitude and 10 required practices. Data scored and converted into categorical data based on median value of good and bad attitude and practices respectively and analysed with SPSSv23. Statistically significant was p<0.05. With the scored data, Spearmans correlation was used to determine difference in attitude and practice and between the two states. RESULTS: Total of 834 respondents with 50.2% from Penang, mostly aged 20 to 30 years, green zone (40.9%), Chinese (52.6%), Malaysians (97.6%). Overall, 55.6% had good practice with 50.6% good attitude against Covid-19 prevention. Females, those aged 20 to 30 years, married and full-time workers, scored better in preventive actions. Attitude was not associated with any of the factors. Overall, 94.8% agreed to strict enforcement of social distancing and masking. A weak but positive, significant correlation between attitude and practice. CONCLUSION: Level of compliance to new norms is good with no difference between the two states. We need to ensure the social norms are sustained by the community.