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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices related to Leptospirosis among<br />

Visitors at Hutan Lipur Sekayu, Terengganu<br />

Najma Syahmin binti Abdul Halim<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Nur Juliani binti Shafie<br />

Co-supervisor: Dr. Jarina bt Mohd Jani<br />

Bachelor of Applied Science<br />

(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Sciences<br />

Leptospirosis is a global bacterial infection that can kill millions of people. Low<br />

awareness among high risk groups making them vulnerable to infection. This<br />

survey was conducted to determine the level of knowledge, attitude, practices<br />

and their relationship with demographic factors among 100 visitors at Hutan<br />

Lipur Sekayu. Visitors had moderate knowledge (69.0%), satisfactory attitude<br />

(86.0%) and satisfactory practices (63.0%). One-way ANOVA showed a<br />

significant difference between levels of practices with age, but no significant<br />

difference in terms of knowledge level and attitude. However, the results also<br />

showed no significant difference between level of knowledge, attitude and<br />

practices with household income and education level. Besides, results from t-<br />

test showed no significant difference between genders with level of knowledge<br />

and attitude but there was significant difference with level of practices. Results<br />

from Pearson Correlation showed significant correlations between knowledge<br />

towards attitude and attitude towards practices but they were moderate and<br />

high.<br />

1713 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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