Insecticide application is one of the most important control measures for protection from mosquito bites. A descriptive, community-based cross-sectional survey involving 986 respondents was conducted to probe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding household insecticide use in Selangor—the state that recorded the highest number of dengue cases in Malaysia. In this study, we classified the responses as either low (poor) or high (good) based on median cut-off points. Age, gender, ethnicity, and household income were found to be significantly associated factors relative to the respondents’ mosquito knowledge score, whereas no factors were significantly associated with attitudes toward the use of household insecticide. Practices, on the other hand, were associated with age and high attitude scores. Most respondents (71.4%) had good knowledge of mosquitoes. Conversely, 51.1% and 59.2% of respondents scored high on attitudes and practices, respectively, on the use of household insecticides. This study highlights the need to expand health promotion activities through social mobilization to raise awareness about vector-borne disease prevention and promoting positive attitudes and safe practices in the use of household insecticides.

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使用家用杀虫剂产品的知识、态度和做法：意识到位了吗？

杀虫剂的应用是防止蚊虫叮咬的最重要的控制措施之一。一项涉及 986 名受访者的描述性、以社区为基础的横断面调查旨在探讨雪兰莪（马来西亚登革热病例数最多的州）对家庭使用杀虫剂的知识、态度和做法。在这项研究中，我们根据中值截止点将响应分为低（差）或高（好）。年龄、性别、种族和家庭收入被认为是与受访者的蚊子知识得分显着相关的因素，而没有任何因素与对使用家庭杀虫剂的态度显着相关。另一方面，实践与年龄和高态度得分相关。大多数受访者（71. 4%）对蚊子有很好的了解。相反，分别有 51.1% 和 59.2% 的受访者在使用家用杀虫剂的态度和做法上得分较高。本研究强调有必要通过社会动员扩大健康促进活动，以提高对媒介传播疾病预防的认识，并促进在使用家用杀虫剂方面的积极态度和安全做法。