The Use of Mosquito Nets Associated with Malaria Cases in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi 2018.

Context: Donggala Regency is a malaria endemic area, there are 434 malaria positives in Donggala on 2014, 279 positives on 2015, and 152 positives in 2016. Various prevention efforts have been conducted including the “kelambunisasi” program aimed to provide mosquito nets to the community to prevent transmission of malaria in Donggala Regency area. This study was aimed to analyze the association of the use of Mosquito nets and malaria cases in Donggala Regency. This is an observational analytic study with 94 samples. Sampling method is proportional random sampling. Data were analyzed using Chi-Square test. There were 32 respondents did not use mosquito nets, and among these 32 respondents who did not use mosquito nets, there were 22 respondents (68.8%) who suffered from malaria, and 10 respondents did not suffer from malaria (31.2%). Among respondents using mosquito nets there are 57 respondents (91.9%) did not suffer from malaria, and 5 respondents (8.1%) suffered from malaria (p = 0,000). As conclusion, this study founda relationship between the use of mosquito nets with malaria cases in Donggala Regency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]