Development and Validation of an Educational Booklet for Sunnah Practices in Improving Quality of Life

Authors

  • Nur Islami Mohd Fahmi Teng
  • Nashrah Adilah Ismail
  • Nazrul Hadi Ismail
  • Thuraya Ahmad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.692

Abstract

Sunnah eating practices refers to the practices promoted by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that has healthy lifestyle elements. This paper describes the validation process of an educational booklet for sunnah eating practices to improve the Quality of Life among adults population. This study involves three steps; development of the booklet, validation of the booklet by 22 judges, and by 20 adults. The result of the Item-level Content Validity Index (I-CVI) for the booklet exceeds 0.80. Thus, the booklet was validated and should be used by healthcare professionals to assist on eating practices to improve the quality of life.

Keywords: Sunnah; Eating practice; Physical activity; Educational booklet.

ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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2017-03-19

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Mohd Fahmi Teng, N. I., Ismail, N. A., Ismail, N. H., & Ahmad, T. (2017). Development and Validation of an Educational Booklet for Sunnah Practices in Improving Quality of Life. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 2(5), 151–159. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.692

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