Abstract
INTRODUCTION: More than 12 million children die every year due to acute respiratory illness (ARI) in developing countries before they reach their fifth birthday. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers who attending the Mother and Child Health Clinic in Bera District, to receive the routine healthcare service of their under five children. Interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection and simple random sampling was applied. The questionnaire was divided into four sections which included socio-demographic, level of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on home-based management of ARI. RESULTS One-hundred-fifty respondents were studied. Approximately three quarter (74%) of the respondents were housewife while 26% were working mothers. Mean age of the children was 18 months with mean birth weight of 2.9kg. Majority of the children were delivered at term (82%), all (100%) of them took immunization and more than half (64%) have experienced ARI. The majority of the mothers (41%) have moderate level of knowledge on home-based management of ARI, while 37% have low and 21% have high knowledge level. More than half of the mothers have poor level of attitude (71%) and practices (78%) on ARI management. DISCISSION Mothers KAP on managing their childrens ARI are crucial to prevent under-5 children mortality but the KAP level were low to moderate among the mothers in Bera District. CONCLUSION Home-based educational intervention provided by qualified medical practitioners should be conducted to improve the mothers KAP level on ARI management.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-206,
title = {Knowledge, Attitude and Practices On Home Based Management of Acute Respiratory Infection Among Mother in Bera, Pahang},
author = {Nur Najaa Aimi Bt Ramli and Rohaya Yusof and Kee Fong Tiew and Hanidawati Zainal Abidin and Azuwa Hj Arif},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: More than 12 million children die every year due to acute respiratory illness (ARI) in developing countries before they reach their fifth birthday. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers who attending the Mother and Child Health Clinic in Bera District, to receive the routine healthcare service of their under five children. Interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection and simple random sampling was applied. The questionnaire was divided into four sections which included socio-demographic, level of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on home-based management of ARI. RESULTS One-hundred-fifty respondents were studied. Approximately three quarter (74%) of the respondents were housewife while 26% were working mothers. Mean age of the children was 18 months with mean birth weight of 2.9kg. Majority of the children were delivered at term (82%), all (100%) of them took immunization and more than half (64%) have experienced ARI. The majority of the mothers (41%) have moderate level of knowledge on home-based management of ARI, while 37% have low and 21% have high knowledge level. More than half of the mothers have poor level of attitude (71%) and practices (78%) on ARI management. DISCISSION Mothers KAP on managing their childrens ARI are crucial to prevent under-5 children mortality but the KAP level were low to moderate among the mothers in Bera District. CONCLUSION Home-based educational intervention provided by qualified medical practitioners should be conducted to improve the mothers KAP level on ARI management.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Klinik Kesihatan Purun, Bera, Pahang, Malaysia, Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Bera, Pahang, Malaysia, Kinik Kesihatan Triang, Bera, Pahang, Malaysia, Klinik Kesihatan Padang Luas, Bera, Pahang, Malaysia},
keywords = {bera, mortality rates under five, Upper respiratory infection},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}