| dc.description.abstract | Malaria is a communicable disease transmitted by mosquito bite Anopheles
spp. It may attack all people of any age; it can be a baby, a child, a grown-up people
The aim oi this research is to find out the risk factor (host and environment) related to
the existence of malaria ini order to formulate the control strategy of malaria disease
in Sabang Municipality.
The design of the research is in the form of analytic study by means of a case
control design. The sampling is carried out in the method of purposive sampling with
the total number of218 people consist of 109 cases and 109 controls by carrying out
the method of the matching of age, sex, and education, and then analyzed them in the
manner of univarit, bivariat (Chi-Square), and multivariat (Multiple Logistic
Regression).
Using the Chi-Square test, the result of the research showed that there were
relations oi work (p=0,030), knowledge (p=0,004), attitude (p=0,029), practice
(p=0,000), house condition (p=0,000), and the distance of the house to the mosquito
brood (p=0,000) to the existence of malaria disease, while the income (p:0,889) and
the existence of domisticated animals (50,174) showed no relationship
Using the Multiple Logistics Regression test, the result of the research showed
that there wire close relation among practice (OR adjusted:4,29 fl,007), house
condition (OR adjusted = 3,49 p=0,000), and the distance of the house to mosquito
brood (OR adjusted:2,99 p=0,001) to the existence of malaria disease. The
control strategy suggested ini Sabang Municipality based on the result of
the research are wearing the long sleves clothes, socialization of the mosquito net,
repellent. lighting coil pestiside, installing the screen on the windows and
ventilation, spraying the insecticide twice a year, and to build the malaria Post in the
villages. | en_US |
