Does Attitude Associate, Correlate, Or Cause Behaviour? An Assessment Of Attitude Towards Health Behaviour Under One Health Approach In Morogoro, Tanzania

dc.creatorMuhanga, M.
dc.creatorMalungo, J.R.S.
dc.date2019-04-09T05:19:43Z
dc.date2019-04-09T05:19:43Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T08:53:54Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T08:53:54Z
dc.descriptionInternational Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), 2017; 1(3): 82-91
dc.descriptionLiterature doesn‘t empirically posit it very clear whether attitude associates to, correlates or cause certain health behaviours. Yet; little that is known is limited to associating attitudes with health behaviour in the context which did not take into account the interaction of humans, animals and the environment. A cross sectional study was conducted in Morogoro urban and Mvomero districts in Tanzania , aiming at:- (i)assessing attitudes over health behaviour under the interface of humans, animals and the environment; and, (ii) analyzing associations, correlations and causality existing between attitudes on health behaviour and health impairing habits/practices under One Health Approach. The sample comprised of 240 respondents obtained through a multistage sampling procedure. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire using a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) electronic platform. Associations between attitude and health behavior were modest at p value=<0.001, correlation coefficient was significant with r = .235 and p-value = <0.01, and no evidence of having attitudes directly causing certain behaviours was established. In logit regression analysis, health literacy was found to predict health behaviours too. Individual behaviors performed in a particular context tend to be influenced not only by general attitudes but by a wide range of additional factors.
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dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2770
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94276
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Advanced Research and Publications
dc.relationInternational Journal of Advanced Research and Publications;3
dc.subjectAttitudes
dc.subjectComputer Assisted Personal Interviewing
dc.subjectcorrelation
dc.subjecthealth behaviour
dc.subjectone health approach
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleDoes Attitude Associate, Correlate, Or Cause Behaviour? An Assessment Of Attitude Towards Health Behaviour Under One Health Approach In Morogoro, Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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