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Publication Open Access Predicting Factors Towards the Attitudes of Family Involvement in Nursing Care among Second-Year Nursing Students in a Selected School of Nursing in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT, 2023-11-01) Dilrukshi, K. T.; Amarasekara., T. D.Family involvement is a vital component of patientcentered care. This study aimed to examine the predicting factors towards the attitudes of family involvement in care among second-year Nursing students in a selected School of Nursing in Sri Lanka. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among nursing students (N=237) at the School of Nursing Kalutara. Convenience sampling method was used. A Families’ Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC-NA) scale, which includes four dimensions: family as a conversational partner, a coping resource, a resource in nursing care, and a burden, was used to collect data. The scale’s internal consistency was compared and assessed through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of more than 0.7. Both, descriptive and inferential statistics was used. The student nurses have positive attitudes toward family as a resource in nursing care (M= 37.69, SD = 4.62), and as a conversational partner (M=30.96, SD = 3.78). Family as a conversational partner significantly differs for males and females (t = -2.06, p=0.04). Female nursing students have a higher positive attitude toward family as a conversational partner (M=31.06, SD =3.76) than that of male nursing students (M= 29.77, SD = 3.77). According to the individual significance values of the linear regression model, gender (β = 3.67, t = 2.22, p < 0.03) presented a significant effect on the attitude of nursing students towards family involvement in nursing care. Cultural and regional influences on attitudes towards family involvement is still researchable. Further research is needed on this phenomenon.Publication Embargo FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CUSTOMER PROMOTION ACCEPTANCE CIRCULATED BY FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS(SLIIT Business School, 2019-12-10) Jiffry, S.; Adithya, T.; Wasundi, V.; Sakkaf, S.; Thelijjagoda, S.; Kumarasinghe, H.The fast food industry in Sri Lanka is growing and recently has undergone revolutionary transmutation within the frequent consumer behaviours. The purpose of this research is to specify the factors which influence customer promotion acceptance circulated by fast food outlets. To accomplish the goals of this study, the required data were gathered from a convenience sample of 384 respondents in the Colombo suburb. The target population consisted of teenagers, youngsters, professionals and middle-aged consumers. A closeended and Likert scale questionnaire with 21 questions was utilised to collect the necessary data. To review the results, the analysing process was conducted by using SPSS, Power BI and for testing the hypothesis Pearson's correlation was used. The outcomes mainly depict that most of the consumers tend to have fast food frequently. Moreover, the target population crave for a limited price range where they distaste to go for the higher price range. With regard to the mode of having fast food, most consumers are keen on having it in outlets and by deliveries where they have hesitated about the takeaway options. At the same time, in the Sri Lankan context, most of them received promotion messages via short message service (SMS) and secondarily through Facebook and Instagram. According to findings, among the reason for choosing fast food are to enjoy the taste, choosing to eat with families and friends and less expensive compared to prices on usual days. Eventually, the survey results brought the key insight of this promotion message is, the most people visit fast food restaurants when there's a promotion going on and they evaluate the value of the spending's for their foods, and the customers are always aware of the price of the industry before they make their purchasing decisions.Publication Embargo Level of knowledge, Practice and Attitudes of Taking Anthropometric Measurements for Nutritional Assessments among Nurses Working in Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital, Malabe(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences - SLIIT, 2021-03-26) Wijedasa, P.H.S.A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sample of 125 nurses working at Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH). A self-administered questionnaire with both open and close ended questions is used to determine the level of knowledge, practice and attitudes of taking anthropometric measurements for nutritional assessments, among the nurses working in NFTH. Out of 136 questionnaires 125 were correctly completed and returned. Majority of the nurses (53%) had a sound knowledge of taking anthropometric measurements. There is a significant association between the level of knowledge and the educational qualifications of the nurses. Graduate nurses had a ‘good’ knowledge level compared to the diploma or certificate holders which is statistically significant. The majority of nurses had a practice of taking weight measurements (48%) while 37% of nurses had a practice of taking measurements of weight and height. The entire group of participants had the attitude that “anthropometric measurements are important for nutritional measurements”. The majority (93%) of nurses were confident in taking weight measurements. Only 57% of nurses were confident in taking measurements of waist circumference. There is a significant difference in the knowledge level among graduate nurses, nursing diploma holders, and nursing certificate holders. Among them, graduate nurses’ knowledge was higher than the other two groups. The level of knowledge, practice and attitudes in taking anthropometric measurements for nutritional assessments had no significant association with socio-demographic factors.Publication Embargo Development and Validation of a Scale: Assessing Secondary School Students’ Pro-Environmental Behviour and Attitudes(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Alwis, R. De; Perera, C; Keppetigoda, DThe main purpose of this study is to develop and validate an instrument to assess levels of Pro Environmental Behavior and Attitudes (PEB) of grade 8 and 10 students in the Sri Lankan context. First, related previous studies and related scales were studied and an item pool was established. Relevant common items were identified in different scales and some items were moderated or redesigned to make them more suitable for grade 8 and 10 students in the Sri Lankan context. The first draft of the questionnaire containing 45 items was reviewed by a panel of experts and according to the expert recommendation, 5 items were eliminated. The final questionnaire was based on a five-point Likert scale (Strongly disagree - 1 to Strongly agree - 5) was administered to a randomly selected 972 (529 male and 443 female) students. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation were used. Adequacy of sample size for EFA was tested by the Kaiser-Meyer- Olkin (KMO) and Barlett Sphericity tests (0.714). Reliability analysis was done using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient (0.894) for the whole scale. The final version of the scale contained 32 items that explain 49.7 of total variance with six factors (i.e., Household behavior - 8 items; Civic action - 5 items; Recycling behavior - 6 items; Environmental Sensitivity-5 items; Environmental Awareness - 4 items and Environmental values - 4 items). The final scale consists of 32 items proved to be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing attitudes and behavior of junior secondary students in the Sri Lankan context.