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Social determinants of malaria in an endemic area of Indonesia

  • Background: Malaria is an increasing concern in Indonesia. Socio-demographic factors were found to strongly influence malaria prevalence. This research aimed to explore the associations between socio-demographic factors and malaria prevalence in Indonesia. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design and analysed relationships among the explanatory variables of malaria prevalence in five endemic provinces using multivariable logistic regression. Results: The analysis of baseline socio-demographic data revealed the following independent risk variables related to malaria prevalence: gender, age, occupation, knowledge of the availability of healthcare services, measures taken to protect from mosquito bites, and housing condition of study participants. Multivariable analysis showed that participants who were unaware of the availability of health facilities were 4.2 times more likely to have malaria than those who were aware of the health facilities (adjusted odds ratio = 4.18; 95% CI 1.52–11.45; P = 0.005). Conclusions: Factors that can be managed and would favour malaria elimination include a range of prevention behaviours at the individual level and using the networks at the community level of primary healthcare centres. This study suggests that improving the availability of a variety of health facilities in endemic areas, information about their services, and access to these is essential.
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Author:Hamzah Hasyim, Pat Dale, Jan David Alexander GronebergORCiDGND, Ulrich KuchORCiDGND, Ruth MüllerORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-519985
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2760-8
ISSN:1475-2875
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30979370
Parent Title (English):Malaria journal
Publisher:BioMed Central
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Date of first Publication:2019/04/12
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/12/18
Tag:Community health services; Malaria prevalence; Multivariable analysis; Social epidemiology; Social health determinants
Volume:18
Issue:1, Art. 134
Page Number:11
First Page:1
Last Page:11
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HeBIS-PPN:45767363X
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0