Risk Factors of Malaria Incidence in the Work Area of the Waghete Public Health Center, Tigi District, Deiyai Regency, Central Papua Province

Risk Factors of Malaria Incidence in the Work Area of the Waghete Public Health Center, Tigi District, Deiyai Regency, Central Papua Province Background: Malaria is an endemic disease in Deiyai Regency, Central Papua Province which is influenced by age, sex, education, socio-economic, use of mosquito repellents, use of insecticide-treated nets, installation of wire netting, house walls, stagnant water, the presence of large animal cages and the distance between houses and breeding sites. Objectives: This study aimed to determine risk factors for Malaria incidence in the Work Area of the Waghete Health Center, Tigi District, Deiyai Regency, Central Papua Province. Methods: Analytical descriptive uses a cross sectional study design approach. The population is the people who visit the Wagethe Health Center as many as 100 people as a sample by accidental sampling. Data were obtained using a questionnaire and analyzed using chi square and binary logistic regression. Result: Factors that influence the incidence of malaria in the Waghete Health Center, Tigi District, Deiyai Regency were the habit of using mosquito repellents (?-value = 0.009; RP = 2.091; CI95%= (1.225 – 3.568); use of insecticide-treated nets (?-value = 0.001; RP) = 2.700; CI95%= (1.466 – 4.972); use of wire netting (?-value = 0.009; RP = 2.182; CI95%= (1.215 – 3.919); house walls (?-value = 0.004; RP = 2.364; CI95% = (1.316 – 4.247); standing water (?-value = 0.018; RP = 2.222; CI95%= (1.136 – 4.344). Meanwhile, the factors that has no effect on the incidence of malaria in the Waghete Health Center, Tigi District, Deiyai Regency were gender (?-value = 0.379; RP = 0.379; CI95%= (0.453 – 1.248); age (?-value = 0.104; RP = 0.618; CI95%= (0.376 – 1.015); education (?-value = 1.000; RP = 0.993; CI95 %= (0.586 – 1.683); socioeconomic (?-value = 0.601; RP = 0.825; CI95%= (0.491 – 1.387); breeding place (?-value = 0.018; RP = 1.583; CI95%= (0.955 – 2.625) ); the presence of large livestock cages (?-value = 0.842; RP = 1.112; CI95% = (0.6467– 1.854). The dominant risk factors that influence the incidence of malaria in the Waghete Health Center, Tigi District, Deiyai Regency are the habit of using mosquito repellents, using insecticide-treated nets, using wire netting, and the most dominant risk factor is the use of mosquito nets