Study on Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Sri Lankan Traffic Police Officers Related to Examination of Drunk Drivers, in Two Most Populated Districts of Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-140
Author(s):  
Yalini Thivaharan ◽  
Indira Deepthi Gamage Kitulwatte ◽  
Thanushan Muthulingam ◽  
Maleesha Jayasundara ◽  
Nirmal Borukgama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Police ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Drunk Driver ◽  
Service Duration

Introduction: Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol is one of the substantial predisposing factors for mishaps among road users. A traffic police officer will be the first authoritative personnel a drunk driver encounters in the legal system. The absence of accurate skills and knowledge of these officers impedes the structuring of legal procedures and may lead to miscarriage of justice. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of Sri Lankan traffic police in handling and managing an alleged case of driving under influence of alcohol. Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study carried on a sample of 384 traffic police officers attached to the districts of Colombo and Gampaha, through a questionnaire. Results: Out of 384, only 75 of police officers knew the correct preliminaries to perform before administering a breathalyzer test. 79.7% knew the correct instructions for using a breathalyzer, but only 3.4% knew the colour changes of the breathalyzer. Significantly poor attitude was observed among the police officers, regarding the importance of producing a drunk driver for medico-legal examination ( P = 0.001) Only 222 (57.8%) answered correctly that a drunk driver needs to be subjected to a medico-legal examination as early as possible. Significantly poor practice and attitude was observed in officers with longer service duration but no significant association was observed between ranks of officers and attitude and practice ( P = 0.199). Conclusions: The results of our study demonstrate that the knowledge attitude and practice on efficiently handling a case of DUI among traffic police officers is poor, even though all of them are engaged in DUI duties irrespective of their service duration. The need for continuous professional development programmes was highlighted.

scholarly journals Child restraints a cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitude and practice of traffic police in United Arab Emirates

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. A241-A241 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Grivna ◽  
H. Al-Shamsi ◽  
A. Al-Hammadi ◽  
M. Al-Obthani ◽  
M. Al-Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Police ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivaneswari Selvarajoo ◽  
Jonathan Wee Kent Liew ◽  
Wing Tan ◽  
Xin Ying Lim ◽  
Wardha F. Refai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Dengue Prevention ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals INADEQUATE PRACTICE RELATED OF THE PAPANICOLAOU TEST AMONG WOMEN

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elainy Fabrícia Galdino Dantas Malta ◽  
Fabiane do Amaral Gubert ◽  
Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos ◽  
Emília Soares Chaves ◽  
João Marcos Ferreira de Lima Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Papanicolaou Test ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the factors related to inadequate practice of the Papanicolaou test among women in northeastern Brazil. Method: cross-sectional study using a KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE inquiry, performed from June to October, 2013, with 240 women aged between 24 and 59 years. Results: inadequacies were observed, particularly in knowledge, because, despite having information about the examination, it was only used to detect sexually transmitted infections. Regarding the issue of practice, it was noted that single women and those up to 29 years of age were more likely to present inadequate practice than the older and married women, increasing the likelihood of developing cervical cancer. The greater difficulty for performing the examination was the lack of materials (68.1%). Conclusion: clarification for women regarding the examination requires effective communication between the users and health professionals, as well as guarantees and support for the continuity of care by managers.

scholarly journals Parental knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria in Mandailing Natal district

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Syafruddin Haris ◽  
Sri Sofyani ◽  
Bidasari Lubis ◽  
Munar Lubis ◽  
Syahril Pasaribu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Centre ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background Malaria is still considered to be an important healthproblem in Indonesia. Malaria has been found in islands withdifferent degree of endemicity. Behavior of the community isone of the factors affecting the incidence of malaria in MandailingNatal district.Objective To know the parental knowledge, attitude, and practiceamong parents whose children suffered from malaria or not.Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in six primaryschools and one health centre in October 2004. Subjects wereparents whose children were malaria positive and malaria negativebased on laboratory examination. Sample size was 85 parents foreach group. Selected respondents were interviewed usingstructured questionnaire. Degree of knowledge, attitude, andpractice on malaria were established using scoring system withinthree categories: good, less, and poor. Data were collected andpresented using chi-square and P<0.05 was considered as a levelof significant.Results The mean age of 85 parents whose children were positivemalaria, was 38.47 years (SD 6.67) and the mean age of thosewhose children were negative malaria was 40.41 years (SD 8.05).Parent’s education level was 62.9% primary school and 90% oftheir children were school-aged. There were significant differenceson parental knowledge, attitude and practice in each group(P<0.05). There was also a significant correlation betweenoccupation and knowledge, but not between parental educationlevel and parental age. Parental knowledge and attitude on theincidence of malaria in Mandailing Natal district were good,though their practice were poor.Conclusion There are significant differences on parentalknowledge, attitude and practice, between parents whose childrenwere positive and negative for malaria.

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