Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and its relationship with diarrhea among secondary school students in Jeli, Kelantan

HAMBALI, SITI NORSYAHIRAH (2021) Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and its relationship with diarrhea among secondary school students in Jeli, Kelantan. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Malaysia enjoys a wide coverage of treated water, and has a low prevalence of diarrhea. Nevertheless, there are still diarrheal episodes reported and most studies done showed acute diarrhea happened among children. Evidence has shown that deaths due to diarrheal illness are attributed to unsafe water, inappropriate sanitation and poor hygiene. This study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and its relationship with diarrhea among secondary school students in Jeli, Kelantan. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 99 participants from 2 secondary schools that were chosen by stratified random sampling. The data was collected by answering a set of questionnaires on WASH and diarrhea. Result and Discussion: This study showed that all of the respondents were Malay with 31.8% were males while 68.2% were female and 84.8% were from the B40 family. There were 67.7% of the respondents have good knowledge, 97% have a good attitude and 91.9% have good practice. The chi-square test of the relationship between levels of KAP on WASH with diarrhea showed a significant relationship on the level of attitude (p=0.004) and practice (p=0) but not on their level of knowledge (p=0.938). Conclusion: Overall, most of the students have a "Good" level of KAP on WASH. Their level of knowledge does not show the risk for them to get diarrhea. However, their level of attitude and practice shows that they are risky toward getting diarrhea. It is recommended to increase the sample size of the study as it help to increase the significance level of the findings. Keywords: KAP, WASH, Diarrhea, Secondary school students

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:43
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:43
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/947

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