A Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice (Kap) Study Of Household Chemical Products Poisoning In Pulau Pinang
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Date
2021-10
Authors
Indahayu Binti Ab Rahman
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Living with chemicals is a reality. In Malaysia, approximately 96% of HCP
poisoning exposure cases were reported to NPC. However, the current level on KAP
of HCP poisoning had not well described in this country. This poisoning was
recorded as highly prevalent (incidence rate=5.59) in the year 2011 and the
household cleaners had predominantly became the poison reagents (53%). The study
aims to determine the level of awareness on KAP towards HCP poisoning among
500 Malaysian respondents from five districts of Pulau Pinang. A structured
questionnaire was used during random sampling (systematic sampling) activities in
five selected hypermarkets. For the first study domain (knowledge), all districts
recorded at a high (3.48) mean scale indicating that they were familiar and fairly
understood the HCP in their dwellers. Under the attitude domain, the study found
that 44.2% of respondents strongly perceived household pesticides as the high
potential product poisoning causes. However, only a modest mean scale (2.87) was
obtained for the variable of belief (HCP poisoning actually happen in their
surroundings). The study addressed under the practice domain that the majority of
respondents had replaced the greatest emphasis from cheap price (3.33) to
endorsement (4.25) and effectiveness (4.17) when purchasing the HCP. Three out of
five districts (North-East, South-West, and SPT) might show improper practice as
they could not control the amount needed when using the HCP.
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(Kap) Study Of Household Chemical , Products Poisoning In Pulau Pinang