Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud

The expanding Muslim population has in turn increased awareness of the Muslim community regarding vaccines and their sources. Muslim consumers are increasingly more conscious and frequently use the social media to search for information on halal vaccines. This study was designed as questionnaire bas...

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Main Author:	Mahmud, Umi Safinaz
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	uitm-218672018-10-22T08:56:50Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21867/ Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud Mahmud, Umi Safinaz RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RS Pharmacy and materia medica The expanding Muslim population has in turn increased awareness of the Muslim community regarding vaccines and their sources. Muslim consumers are increasingly more conscious and frequently use the social media to search for information on halal vaccines. This study was designed as questionnaire based a cross-sectional analysis and aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among public. A validated questionnaire was distributed to the public via paper-based self-administrated survey in the Klang district. A total of 389 Muslims, having age 18 years old or above and able to read and understand Malay or English language was included. Results revealed that the public had a good level of knowledge and practice and positive level of attitude about halal vaccine products, was 74.8%, 61.4%, and 52.7% respectively. Mean knowledge, attitude and practice score was 8.48 ±1.58, 39.90± 3.94 and 23.59 ± 8.51 out of maximum possible 10, 45 and 45 respectively. There was a significant, positive, and poor correlation (0.01-0.25) between knowledge and attitude (r=0.196, p<0.001) practice and attitude (r=.0.233, p<0.001) and fair positive correlation (0.26-0.50) between knowledge and practice (r=0.255, p<0.001). The p value of 0.05 or less was taken as statistically significant. Gender (p=0.019) and education level (p=0.017) were significantly associated with the level of knowledge towards vaccine and halal concept and education level (p<0.001) only was significantly associated with the level of attitude. However, all socio-demographic characteristics were not significantly association with the level of practice on usage and status of halal vaccine (p>0.05). From the results also found that female respondents being 4.4 times more to have good level of knowledge compared to male respondents (OR=4.35, 95% CI:2.15-8.78)(p<0.001). Besides that, both respondents who are education level from primary school or no formal education and from secondary school have decreased odd positive attitude compared to college or university level, by 83% (OR=0.17, 95% CI:0.05- 0.53)(p=0.002) and 69% (OR=0.31, 95% CI:0.19-0.52)(p<0.001) respectively. Administration and regulations existing on halal concept collaborated together between government departments should be strengthened and expanded, especially regarding vaccine products. This can help increase the understanding and confidence to the public in issues regarding halal vaccine. 2015 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21867/1/TM_UMI%20SAFINAZ%20MAHMUD%20PH%20B%2015_5.pdf Mahmud, Umi Safinaz (2015) Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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description	The expanding Muslim population has in turn increased awareness of the Muslim community regarding vaccines and their sources. Muslim consumers are increasingly more conscious and frequently use the social media to search for information on halal vaccines. This study was designed as questionnaire based a cross-sectional analysis and aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among public. A validated questionnaire was distributed to the public via paper-based self-administrated survey in the Klang district. A total of 389 Muslims, having age 18 years old or above and able to read and understand Malay or English language was included. Results revealed that the public had a good level of knowledge and practice and positive level of attitude about halal vaccine products, was 74.8%, 61.4%, and 52.7% respectively. Mean knowledge, attitude and practice score was 8.48 ±1.58, 39.90± 3.94 and 23.59 ± 8.51 out of maximum possible 10, 45 and 45 respectively. There was a significant, positive, and poor correlation (0.01-0.25) between knowledge and attitude (r=0.196, p<0.001) practice and attitude (r=.0.233, p<0.001) and fair positive correlation (0.26-0.50) between knowledge and practice (r=0.255, p<0.001). The p value of 0.05 or less was taken as statistically significant. Gender (p=0.019) and education level (p=0.017) were significantly associated with the level of knowledge towards vaccine and halal concept and education level (p<0.001) only was significantly associated with the level of attitude. However, all socio-demographic characteristics were not significantly association with the level of practice on usage and status of halal vaccine (p>0.05). From the results also found that female respondents being 4.4 times more to have good level of knowledge compared to male respondents (OR=4.35, 95% CI:2.15-8.78)(p<0.001). Besides that, both respondents who are education level from primary school or no formal education and from secondary school have decreased odd positive attitude compared to college or university level, by 83% (OR=0.17, 95% CI:0.05- 0.53)(p=0.002) and 69% (OR=0.31, 95% CI:0.19-0.52)(p<0.001) respectively. Administration and regulations existing on halal concept collaborated together between government departments should be strengthened and expanded, especially regarding vaccine products. This can help increase the understanding and confidence to the public in issues regarding halal vaccine.
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title	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the klang district / umi safinaz mahmud
publishDate	2015
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21867/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21867/1/TM_UMI%20SAFINAZ%20MAHMUD%20PH%20B%2015_5.pdf
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards halal vaccine products among the public in the Klang district / Umi Safinaz Mahmud

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