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INTRODUCTION: In Malaysia, the COMBI approach has been used to control dengue. COMBI is a behavioural-focused social mobilization and communication programme for communicable diseases prevention and control. This study aimed to compare the knowledge and practice regarding dengue prevention between the communities with COMBI and those without COMBI. METHODS: This was an interviewer-administered, cross-sectional study in Bentong, Pahang involving 420 randomly selected respondents recruited from two communities with COMBI and two communities without COMBI. RESULTS: 262 respondents were selected from communities with COMBI while 158 from communities without COMBI. The mean age of the respondents from communities with and without COMBI were 45.49±17.62 and 47.94±16.70 years respectively (p=0.783). The education level was similar between both communities (p=0.256). Only 334(79.5%) of the respondents manage to correctly answer 75% of the questions. The mean knowledge score for communities with and without COMBI were 29.54± 8.33 and 30.07± 6.72 respectively (p=0.498). Mean dengue prevention practices score for communities with and without COMBI were 6.64± 1.81 and 5.01± 2.25 respectively (p<0.01). 95.8% respondents from communities with COMBI sought treatment within 3 days of fever as compared to 79% of respondents from communities without COMBI (p<0.01). This study found no association between knowledge with practice, (r=-0.038
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-140,
title = {COMBI (Communication for Behavioural Impact) for Dengue Prevention in Bentong},
author = {Siti Bazlina Mohd Rawi and Rahimi Hassan},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In Malaysia, the COMBI approach has been used to control dengue. COMBI is a behavioural-focused social mobilization and communication programme for communicable diseases prevention and control. This study aimed to compare the knowledge and practice regarding dengue prevention between the communities with COMBI and those without COMBI. METHODS: This was an interviewer-administered, cross-sectional study in Bentong, Pahang involving 420 randomly selected respondents recruited from two communities with COMBI and two communities without COMBI. RESULTS: 262 respondents were selected from communities with COMBI while 158 from communities without COMBI. The mean age of the respondents from communities with and without COMBI were 45.49±17.62 and 47.94±16.70 years respectively (p=0.783). The education level was similar between both communities (p=0.256). Only 334(79.5%) of the respondents manage to correctly answer 75% of the questions. The mean knowledge score for communities with and without COMBI were 29.54± 8.33 and 30.07± 6.72 respectively (p=0.498). Mean dengue prevention practices score for communities with and without COMBI were 6.64± 1.81 and 5.01± 2.25 respectively (p\<0.01). 95.8% respondents from communities with COMBI sought treatment within 3 days of fever as compared to 79% of respondents from communities without COMBI (p\<0.01). This study found no association between knowledge with practice, (r=-0.038},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Bentong, Bentong, Pahang},
keywords = {apcph2019, COMBI, dengue prevention, Knowledge, practice},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}