KAJIAN RINTIS: PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DAN AMALAN KOMUNITI BERSTRATA DI LEMBAH KLANG TERHADAP SISA MAKANAN
PILOT STUDY: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF STRATIFIED COMMUNITIES IN THE KLANG VALLEY TOWARDS FOOD WASTE
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https://doi.org/10.55197/qjssh.v7i5.1398Keywords:
amalan, pengetahuan, Lembah Klang, sikap, sisa makanan, strataAbstract
Sisa makanan merupakan isu yang semakin membimbangkan, khususnya di kawasan bandar yang berpendudukan padat. Peningkatan jumlah sisa makanan menunjukkan keperluan untuk memahami faktor pengetahuan, sikap dan amalan (KAP) dalam kalangan masyarakat bagi menyokong pengurusan sisa makanan yang lebih lestari. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk menjalankan kajian rintis bagi mendapatkan data awal terhadap pengurusan sisa makanan dalam kalangan komuniti berstrata di Lembah Klang. Kajian rintis berbentuk keratan rentas telah menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif melalui pengedaran soal selidik kepada 38 orang responden yang tinggal di kawasan perumahan strata. Instrumen kajian merangkumi tiga komponen utama iaitu pengetahuan, sikap dan amalan (KAP) dan diukur menggunakan skala Likert. Tahap KAP dianalisis menggunakan ujian Bloom cut-off. Analisis kebolehpercayaan instrumen pula dijalankan menggunakan ujian Cronbach's Alpha. Hasil kajian rintis menunjukkan bahawa komponen sikap mempunyai kebolehpercayaan yang baik (α = 0.854), komponen amalan berada pada tahap sederhana (α = 0.675), manakala komponen pengetahuan berada pada tahap lemah (α = 0.495) dan memerlukan penambahbaikan item. Dapatan tahap KAP pula menunjukkan majoriti responden berada pada tahap tinggi bagi pengetahuan dan sikap, manakala amalan masih memerlukan perhatian kerana terdapat responden pada tahap sederhana dan rendah. Secara keseluruhannya, kajian rintis ini menunjukkan bahawa instrumen yang dibangunkan adalah sesuai untuk digunakan dalam kajian sebenar dengan beberapa penambahbaikan.
Food waste is one of the global environmental issues that is increasingly worrying, especially in densely populated urban areas. The increase in the amount of food waste indicates the need to understand the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) factors among the community to support more sustainable food waste management. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a pilot study to obtain initial data on food waste management among stratified communities in the Klang Valley. The Klang Valley is one of the densely populated urban areas which are no exception to facing this food waste issue either at the individual or community level in particular. This pilot study uses a cross-sectional study by applying a quantitative approach through the distribution of questionnaires to 38 respondents who live in stratified housing areas. Respondents must be 18 years of age and above and are Malaysian citizens. These stratified housing areas include condominiums, apartments and flats. The study instrument includes three main components, namely knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) and is measured using a Likert scale. The KAP level is analyzed using the Bloom cut-off test. The reliability analysis of the instrument was conducted using Cronbach's Alpha test. The results of the pilot study showed that the attitude component had good reliability (α = 0.854), the practice component was at a moderate level (α = 0.675), while the knowledge component was at a weak level (α = 0.495) and needed item improvement. The KAP level findings showed that the majority of respondents were at a high level for knowledge and attitude, while practice still needed attention because there were respondents at a moderate and low level. Overall, this pilot study showed that the developed instrument was suitable for use in real studies with some improvements.
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