Scoping Review: Barrier to The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Dengue Prevention

Abu Bakar Rahman; Noorlaile Jasman; Normawati Ahmad; Kamarul Zaman Salleh; Siti Nur Farhana Harun; Manimaran Krishnan

doi:10.47405/mjssh.v7i4.1421

Abu Bakar Rahman Institute For Health Behavioral Research, Block B3National Institutes of Health Complex, No1, Jalan Setia MurniU13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Noorlaile Jasman Institute For Health Behavioral Research, Block B3National Institutes of Health Complex, No1, Jalan Setia MurniU13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Normawati Ahmad Institute For Health Behavioral Research, Block B3National Institutes of Health Complex, No1, Jalan Setia MurniU13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Kamarul Zaman Salleh Institute For Health Behavioral Research, Block B3National Institutes of Health Complex, No1, Jalan Setia MurniU13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Siti Nur Farhana Harun Institute For Health Behavioral Research, Block B3National Institutes of Health Complex, No1, Jalan Setia MurniU13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Manimaran Krishnan Institute For Health Behavioral Research, Block B3National Institutes of Health Complex, No1, Jalan Setia MurniU13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v7i4.1421

Keywords: Barrier factors, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and prevention of dengue

Abstract

Dengue fever is a vector-borne endemic disease that affects over 30 million Malaysians. Preventing the elimination of Aedes breeding sites is a necessary precautionary measure to strengthen the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community. The aim of this study is to identify barriers to the knowledge, attitudes and practices of dengue prevention in the community through the study of selected articles published between 2010 and 2018. The present paper carried out a scoping review of available literature using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The title and abstract of each study were screened and relevant studies were further assessed for eligibility. A total of 1352 related articles were selected for this scoping review. Of these, 349 articles were found to be in line with the study objectives and 25 articles related to dengue prevention knowledge, attitudes and practices were discussed in this study. Conclusions and Recommendations: This review suggests that factors interfering with dengue prevention behaviours are divided into two factors, namely, the internal factors that encompass attitudes and perceptions of dengue prevention behaviours, and the environmental factors such as weather, drainage systems, buildings designed with unreachable rain gutters and also poor drainage and piping system have found to be the Aedes habitats. Therefore, interventions are normally performed to prevent an incident to re-instil positive attitudes and perceptions among the community members should be strengthened through appropriate and ongoing community programs such as COMBI and Search & Destroy campaign organized by Ministry of Health Malaysia.

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