Attitude of Healthcare Students towards Japanese Encephalitis | Journal of Pharmaceutical Research I

In a medical university, evaluate the attitude of healthcare students toward Japanese Encephalitis (JE).

Methods: A convenience sampling method was used to conduct a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data was collected from students in three Malaysian universities' healthcare faculties using a self-developed and pre-validated tool. The data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0. The alpha level of importance was set at 5%. (0.05).

Results: Of the total of 252 students studied, 177 (70.2%) of female students participated in the current study, compared to 75 percent of male students (29.8 percent ).. When asked whether their personal role in the management of JE is important, the majority of final year students had a more positive attitude than pre-final year students, with female students of the university having a more positive attitude (77.4 percent) than male students (69.3 percent).

Conclusion: The healthcare students who were investigated had a generally positive attitude. The current study found that pharmacy students had a more positive attitude toward JE than students from the other two faculties, dentistry and medicine.

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