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ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 205-215Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509331594
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malaria; Orang Asli; risk factors; predictors
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- University of Malaya [F0060/2000B]
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The Asia-Pacific region has at least 50% of its population at risk for malaria. In Malaysia, indigenous malaria is largely concentrated among the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted in an Orang Asli community in the district of Raub, Pahang, to determine the predictors of malaria. Age, seldom/never wearing protective clothing while in the jungle, going out at night, ever staying in another village, and living in bamboo-walled homes were found to be associated with malaria (crude odds ratio = 1.8-4.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.1-9.1) After adjusting for confounding, major predictors of malaria were age = 12 years (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 4.3; 95% CI = 2.2-8.4), never/seldom wearing protective clothing while in the jungle (aOR = 3.8; 95% CI = 1.8-8.0), and going out at night (aOR = 2.5; 95% CI = 1.4-4.8). The findings lend support for intensifying behaviour modification in this population.
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