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Jurnal ENG Aristo Dema Salamadin 1
Jurnal ENG Aristo Dema Salamadin 1
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ABSTRACT
Indonesia as a Muslim-majority country to fulfill needs in the form of food, goods/services and medicines tends to be in a
halal state. This causes efforts in quality assurance and quality as well as the halalness of these products, especially
pharmaceuticals. However, there are 45.8% of people who still have not considered halal and do not know about halal
pharmaceuticals. Knowledge of halal pharmaceuticals has an impact on consumer empowerment in buying, as well as
providing a guarantee of consumer satisfaction and safety for sellers. Pharmacists as pharmaceutical personnel have an
important role in ensuring the quality and quality of drugs and the halalness of these pharmaceuticals. The purpose of this
study was to describe the knowledge, attitudes and behavior of pharmacists towards halal pharmaceuticals in Malang
Regency in 2021. This research is descriptive. Sampling of the population of pharmacists in Malang Regency using the
Purposive Sampling method. In collecting data using a questionnaire. The results of the study from 100 respondents showed
that 42% of respondents' knowledge of halal pharmaceuticals was in the "Enough" category, 69% of respondents' attitudes
towards halal pharmaceuticals were in the "Good" category and the behavior of pharmacists towards halal pharmaceuticals
was 51% in the "Good" category. Based on this, it can be concluded that the description of pharmacist knowledge is
sufficient, while the attitudes and behavior of pharmacists are good towards halal pharmaceuticals.
response to the information he or she obtains is divided into logical conformity based on evidence-based medicine. It can
three, namely the level of knowledge, the level of attitude, be concluded that pharmaceutical work that emphasizes
and the level of behavior. To fill in the differences in accuracy is more suitable for the female gender. This is
previous studies (fill a gap) and provide a holistic picture to supported by data from [5] which states the number of male
policy makers regarding the response of pharmacists, as the pharmacists is 690 people while female pharmacists are
frontline staff in administering drugs to the public, regarding 3,096 people.
Halal drugs, the researchers wanted to conduct research on Based on age, the majority of respondents aged 26-35
“Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Image of Pharmacist to years as much as 59%. According to [4] , pharmacists who
Halal Pharmaceuticals in Malang Regency” are young or still relatively new. Due to the age of the
respondents, it shows that most of the respondents are of a
2. Method productive age and have more interest in choosing a product.
Based on religion, the majority of respondents are Muslim
This research is a descriptive observational research with
as much as 80%. This is in accordance with data from [2]
sampling using purposive sampling method. The sample in
which states that the majority of the population of Malang
this study was obtained as many as 100 respondents who met
Regency is 87% Muslim. In line with this, the majority of
the inclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria of this study are
patients are Muslim, although there are non-Muslim
pharmacists who practice in Malang regency and are willing
pharmacists who at least know the needs of patients who are
to be research respondents. This research was conducted by
Muslim to create trust and comfort for patients during
distributing an instrument in the form of a questionnaire to
treatment.
each respondent using a google form. The questionnaire
Based on the education of the majority of respondents
consists of a knowledge, attitude and behavior questionnaire.
with undergraduate education, 92% of the respondents are
Each questionnaire score is used to assess how far the
pharmacists. This is in accordance with [6] which states that
respondents understand about halal pharmaceuticals, their
a pharmacy graduate who has graduated from pharmacist
attitudes towards halal pharmaceuticals and their behavior
education and has the right to do pharmaceutical work. The
towards halal pharmaceuticals. The score for each
pharmaceutical work carried out by pharmacists includes the
questionnaire is classified as "good" if the score is >75%,
distribution of pharmaceutical preparations. Pharmaceutical
classified as "enough" if the score is obtained between 40%-
preparations include medicines, medicinal ingredients,
75% and classified as "less" if the score is <40%. Research
traditional medicines, and cosmetics [14]. In line with this,
data analysis is descriptive. Descriptive research design aims
someone who has graduated as a pharmacist immediately
to provide a description or description of a situation
practices in a pharmacy, hospital or other health service and
objectively [10].
usually the age of someone who graduated pharmacist is 24-
3. Results and Discussion 26 years old.
Based on the length of work, the majority of respondents
3.1 Characteristics of Respondent worked for 1-10 years. According to [11] which states that a
person's tenure can be related to the experience gained at
Characteristics of respondents is a description of the work. The longer a person works, the more experience and
respondents in this study. Descriptions of the characteristics the higher his knowledge and skills. Pharmacists who are
of respondents are grouped into several groups including active in doing pharmaceutical work and are present every
gender, age, religion, last education and length of work as day at the pharmacy practice, the pharmacist will
shown in table 1. increasingly know the types of halal drugs and the types of
Based on gender, the majority of respondents are female services needed by patients. In addition, respondents work in
as much as 70%. This is in accordance with the literature the range of 1-10 years, the average age is 26-35 years. This
of [1] which states that the number of students majoring in means that young pharmacists are more aware of technology
pharmacy at UIN Alaudin Makasar male compared to female because this study uses the G-Form .
is 1:3 so that pharmaceutical work requires a high level of
accuracy, patience and even in certain cases also requires
3.3 Attitudes
The attitude of pharmacists towards halal Pharmaceuticals consists of 8 questions with 4 indicators, firstly communicating
to patients about halal pharmaceuticals, secondly educating patients about halal medicinal ingredients, third choosing halal
products in practice and fourth giving advice on buying halal drugs. Based on table 3, it can be explained that the majority of
pharmacists' attitudes towards halal pharmaceuticals are 69% with a frequency of 72 respondents, namely in the "Good"
category. This is similar to [12] which found the majority of knowledge in the good category with a percentage of 97%. This
is because pharmacist awareness of halal pharmaceuticals is very important for the healing of patients, especially Muslim
patients. Attitude has a relationship with aspects of motivation and feelings or emotions of a person.