International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Vol 3, No 3: September 2014

Do Males and Females Differ in Terms of Their KAP Regarding Halal Pharmaceuticals?

Saleha Sadeeqa (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Azmi Sarriff (Universiti Sains Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Sep 2014

Abstract

There is an increasing awareness amongst Muslim consumers to avoid all items containing  non-Halal ingredients including medications. Male and female are different both biologically and psychologically, it therefore, needed for a study to compare KAP of males and females regarding  Halal pharmaceuticals. Methods:This was a cross-sectional study using a structured , self-administered questionnaires to compare the knowledge, attitude & perception regarding Halal pharmaceuticals, among males and females in Penang state of Malaysia. Results revealed that there is no significance difference in the knowledge, attitude and perception of males and females. This is concluded that males and females are equally aware and have same attitude and perception regarding Halal pharmaceuticals. P value of .05 or less was taken as statistically significant.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJPHS

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions

Description

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes material on all aspects of public health science. This IJPHS provides the ideal platform for the discussion of more sophisticated public health research and practice for authors and readers world ...