Authors :
Muhammad Abas; Marlin M. Jarona; Bruce Mehue; Sri Mulyono; Wiwiek Mulyani; Renold M. Mofu
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 6 - June
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6893271
Abstract :
Malaria is a tropical disease that infects almost
all people in Papua, as an endemic area with the highest
Annual Parasite Incidence (API=95%) in all of Indonesia.
The government's program is intense in elimination
malaria with a target of reducing the API by 2030 to the
level of 1/1,000, while the Papua Provincial Health Office
reports that the 2017 API is 95 cases per 1,000 population.
The Genyem Primary Health Center is one of the areas
with the highest malaria cases in Jayapura Regency. This
study is to prove the level of knowledge of malaria
sufferers about the use of LLINs mosquito nets is a risk
factor for the incidence of malaria in the Genyem Primary
Health Center area. This study used a mixed method design
on 81 subjects with malaria who were written on the
medical records of the Genyem Health Center (cases) by
comparing 81 subjects who did not suffer from malaria
(controls) who lived around malaria sufferers (cases). Data
were analyzed using chi square test and estimated value of
Odd Ratio (OR). The results of this study prove that the
level of knowledge of malaria sufferers who lack
knowledge about the use of LLINs is proven to be a risk
factor for the incidence of malaria ( = 0.001) and subjects
who have a low level of knowledge about the use of LLINs
have a risk of 4.23 times being infected with malaria
compared to subjects with a good level of knowledge (OR:
4.23;95CI: 1.851-9.669).
Lack of knowledge of malaria sufferers is a risk factor
for the incidence of malaria. It’s recommended that
counseling on the use of LLINs be held to increase public
knowledge about how to wash, how to dry, and how to care
for insecticide-treated mosquito nets (LLINs) and that
LLINs mosquito net suppliers should replace LLINs
materials that are comfortable for the community to use in
realizing a malaria-free Papuan society by 2030.
Keywords :
Risk Factor, Incidence Malaria, Level of Knowledge, LLINS.
Malaria is a tropical disease that infects almost
all people in Papua, as an endemic area with the highest
Annual Parasite Incidence (API=95%) in all of Indonesia.
The government's program is intense in elimination
malaria with a target of reducing the API by 2030 to the
level of 1/1,000, while the Papua Provincial Health Office
reports that the 2017 API is 95 cases per 1,000 population.
The Genyem Primary Health Center is one of the areas
with the highest malaria cases in Jayapura Regency. This
study is to prove the level of knowledge of malaria
sufferers about the use of LLINs mosquito nets is a risk
factor for the incidence of malaria in the Genyem Primary
Health Center area. This study used a mixed method design
on 81 subjects with malaria who were written on the
medical records of the Genyem Health Center (cases) by
comparing 81 subjects who did not suffer from malaria
(controls) who lived around malaria sufferers (cases). Data
were analyzed using chi square test and estimated value of
Odd Ratio (OR). The results of this study prove that the
level of knowledge of malaria sufferers who lack
knowledge about the use of LLINs is proven to be a risk
factor for the incidence of malaria ( = 0.001) and subjects
who have a low level of knowledge about the use of LLINs
have a risk of 4.23 times being infected with malaria
compared to subjects with a good level of knowledge (OR:
4.23;95CI: 1.851-9.669).
Lack of knowledge of malaria sufferers is a risk factor
for the incidence of malaria. It’s recommended that
counseling on the use of LLINs be held to increase public
knowledge about how to wash, how to dry, and how to care
for insecticide-treated mosquito nets (LLINs) and that
LLINs mosquito net suppliers should replace LLINs
materials that are comfortable for the community to use in
realizing a malaria-free Papuan society by 2030.
Keywords :
Risk Factor, Incidence Malaria, Level of Knowledge, LLINS.
