MALARIA ON PREGNANT WOMEN IN HIGH INCIDENCE AREA AND MEDIUM INCIDENCE AREA ON NIAS DISTRICT INDONESIA 2010
Malaria is a major problem which very serius for pregnant women.They are more exposed to malaria infection compared with non-pregnant women. Pregnant women malaria prevalence on word 10%-65%.The effect of pregnant women malaria are They can corrupt mother’health such as anemia, heavy malaria toward death, infant miscarriage, infant death,and olso low birth weight. The aim of the research is to describe malaria proportion on pregnant women and influence factors on high incidence area and medium incidence area in Nias district, Indonesia
METHODS:
This research using cross-sectional design with primer data, sample of the research are pregnant women which have never been drinking anti malaria medicine in the last month. Sample quality 440 pregnant women are difided into 220 pregnant woment on medium incidence area and 220 in high incidence area. Sample was taken by multistage random sampling. Analysis was cunducted to describe proportion and determinant factors on each area. Research variabel are malaria, gravity, parity,pregnancy age,mother ’s age, occupation, knowledge about malaria, usage of insect killer and closed outpit.
RESULTS:
Proporsi pregnant women malari in High Incidence Area (HIA) was 36,36% and Medium Inciden Area (MIA) 31,36% and HIA+MIA 33,86 and pregnant women that suffer clinic symtom for the last month in HIA 10,90% and MIA 35,45%.
CONCLUSIONS:
Malaria determinant factor on pregnant women in HIA and MIA are gravity,knowledge, usage of insect killer and closed of outfit.The importance treatment how to protect it are having standar book of malaria,blood examination during antenatal care and health promotion.