Knowledge, attitude and practice of secondary smoke among secondary smokers in Felda Alias 1, Negeri Sembilan in June 2013

Ahmad Nawawi, Muhammad Zulhilmi (2013) Knowledge, attitude and practice of secondary smoke among secondary smokers in Felda Alias 1, Negeri Sembilan in June 2013. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Good knowledge, attitude and practice toward secondary smoke which are given by burning end of cigarette or smoke exhaled by smokers can prevent secondary smokers from many harmful effects toward their health. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and practice avoidance of secondary smoke and its association with socio-demographic factors. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study by using self-administered questionnaire that comprised questions related to socio-demographic factors of respondents, question that assess respondent's knowledge and attitude on secondary smoking and their practice to avoid it. The questionnaires were self-administered to 235 respondents who were residents of Felda Raja Alias 1, Negeri Sembilan. Result: The response rate was 81.6%. The majority (68.9%) of the respondents were female. The age group of 50-59 years old has the highest number of respondents (38.7%, N=91). All the respondents were Malay and Muslims. Most of the respondents were secondary school educational level which consist of52.3% (N=123).There were only 5.5% (N=13) respondent who receive no formal education. Most of the respondents work as settler which is consists of 37.9% (N=89) respondents. This yielded the result that 65.5% of the respondent have good knowledge on secondary smoke. Whereas 49.4% have positive attitude level toward secondary smoke and 44.7% of respondent have positive practice on avoidance of secondary smoke. We found that there was a significant association between educational level and practice on secondary smoke (p = 0.034). There was also significant association between occupational status and attitude on secondary smoke (p = 0.008). Conclusion: Secondary smokers from Felda Raja Alias 1, Negeri Sembilan have high level of knowledge but low level of attitude and practice toward secondary smoke. We found that educational level does influence the practice while occupational status do influences attitude toward secondary smoke. Keywords: Secondary smoke, KAP, secondary smoker

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2022 01:16
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2023 06:51
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106

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