Universitas Indonesia Conferences, The 4th International Conference for Global Health (ICGH)

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Knowledge, attitude and practice on parasitic infections and anti-parasitic kit availability among Orang Asli in three main districts, Pahang, Malaysia
Afzan Mat Yusof

Last modified: 2019-09-11

Abstract


Background: Nowadays people and health care provider are more concerned about the incidence of parasitic infections and health status in rural area. However, little evidence is available towards these matters and identifying about anti-parasitic kit availability among Orang Asli especially for them who are live in rural area in Pahang state and the definite factors which contributing to the occurrence of parasitic infections.  Aim: The study aims to identify the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on parasitic infections and availability of anti-parasitic kit among Orang Asli in Kuantan, Maran and Pekan. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out among 88 of Orang Asli people in Kuantan, Maran and Pekan using the convenience sampling. SPSS version 20.0 for Windows has been used to analyze data in terms of descriptive statistics, frequency and Chi-Square to carry out for significant test accordingly. Results: Orang Asli people have poor knowledge, positive attitude and good practice regarding the parasitic infections and based on the results also, some of them do not know the tools of anti-parasitic infections. In addition, for the socio-demographic, only gender is associated with knowledge compare to other socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusion: It is evident that although some places in indigenous villages such as in Pekan and Kuantan have progressed slightly compared to Maran, majority of them they still have little knowledge of the parasitic infections that are occurring among them without them knowing.