Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Children’s Knowledge on Dengue Prevention Activities in Malaysia
Dengue is one of the public health concerns in developing and developed countries. Since the main control measure for dengue is health prevention and control activities, especially among children, it is essential to assess children’s knowledge on dengue prevention activities in preventing the diseas...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6840db846ed74ff69ce3ee50aa85e04d 2024-09-09T19:26:05+00:00 Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Children’s Knowledge on Dengue Prevention Activities in Malaysia H. Siti Nur Farhana J. Noorlaile K. Manimaran S. Kamarul Zaman A. Normawati Albeny Joslyn Panting 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2533900 https://doaj.org/article/6840db846ed74ff69ce3ee50aa85e04d EN eng Wiley http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2533900 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9694 1687-9694 doi:10.1155/2022/2533900 https://doaj.org/article/6840db846ed74ff69ce3ee50aa85e04d Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2022 (2022) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2533900 2024-08-05T17:48:36Z Dengue is one of the public health concerns in developing and developed countries. Since the main control measure for dengue is health prevention and control activities, especially among children, it is essential to assess children’s knowledge on dengue prevention activities in preventing the disease. This study aimed to develop an assessment tool (CAB-IHBR-Dengue-C-01) attempting to measure children’s knowledge of dengue prevention activities in Malaysia. Twelve (12) pictorials with descriptions were developed to capture children’s understanding of the correct method of dengue prevention activities. Cronbach’ alpha test was used to assess the internal consistency of the items, and the test and retest reliability method was used to measure the consistency of the questionnaire. For test-retest reliability analysis, tests were conducted twice, with an interval of two (2) weeks from the first test. In total, 58 respondents comprising of Malay, Chinese, and Indian aged between 7 and 12 years old were included in this study. The results showed the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) score was 0.640; with moderate reliability; meanwhile, Cronbach’s alpha score was 0.606. In conclusion, CAB-IHBR-Dengue-C-01 (Cognitive Affective Behaviour-Institute for Health Behavioural Research-Dengue-Children-Version 01) is reliable to be used. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Indian Journal of Tropical Medicine 2022 1 9 |
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Dengue is one of the public health concerns in developing and developed countries. Since the main control measure for dengue is health prevention and control activities, especially among children, it is essential to assess children’s knowledge on dengue prevention activities in preventing the disease. This study aimed to develop an assessment tool (CAB-IHBR-Dengue-C-01) attempting to measure children’s knowledge of dengue prevention activities in Malaysia. Twelve (12) pictorials with descriptions were developed to capture children’s understanding of the correct method of dengue prevention activities. Cronbach’ alpha test was used to assess the internal consistency of the items, and the test and retest reliability method was used to measure the consistency of the questionnaire. For test-retest reliability analysis, tests were conducted twice, with an interval of two (2) weeks from the first test. In total, 58 respondents comprising of Malay, Chinese, and Indian aged between 7 and 12 years old were included in this study. The results showed the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) score was 0.640; with moderate reliability; meanwhile, Cronbach’s alpha score was 0.606. In conclusion, CAB-IHBR-Dengue-C-01 (Cognitive Affective Behaviour-Institute for Health Behavioural Research-Dengue-Children-Version 01) is reliable to be used. |
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Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Children’s Knowledge on Dengue Prevention Activities in Malaysia |
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