Ishak, Kamarul Akmal and Ismail, Noraidah and Rahmat, Sarah (2021) Development and validation of an educational hearing conservation programme for Malaysian youth: bisinglah beb! Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 21 (1). pp. 286-296. ISSN 1675-0306 E-ISSN 2590-3829
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Abstract
Exposure to leisure noise among the youth has grown into a public health concern. It was reported that attitudes and behaviours are essential factors in determining how well someone takes care of their hearing. An educational hearing conservation programme (EdHCP) can be an effective way to educate and to induce behavioural changes. The objective of this study is to develop and to validate a Malay version of EdHCP known as Bisinglah BEB! (in English: HEY! It’s Loud!) targeting the Malaysian youth. The present study comprised of four phases, namely; i) content and module development, ii) content validation, iii) content modification, and iv) pre-testing. Five learning modules were developed; Module One (Sound energy), Module Two (Anatomy and hearing mechanisms), Module Three (Hearing loss), Module Four (How loud the sound), and Module Five (How to protect our hearing). The module and contents of the programme possessed good content validity result (S-CVI/Ave value at 0.935). Several modifications were done accordingly, and agreement among the participants in pre-testing was excellent (95-100%). Bisinglah BEB! was informative and produced a high content-validity result. However, the effectiveness of the programme in changing attitude, knowledge, and behaviour towards noise exposure needs to be investigated before the real implementation in Malaysian youth.
| Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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| Additional Information: | 5179/89686 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Education, hearing loss, noise, leisure activities, adolescent |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RF Otorhinolaryngology |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology |
| Depositing User: | Dr Noraidah Ismail |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2021 12:04 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2021 12:04 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/89686 |
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