ABSTRAK
Malaria merupakan penyakit infeksi menular yang terjadi di daerah tropis dandialami oleh semua kelompok usia termasuk pada aggregate dewasa. Penelitian inibertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi karakteristik individu dan perilaku personal hygienedengan kejadian malaria pada aggregate dewasa di Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara.Penelitian ini menggunakan disain diskriptif korelasi dengan pendekatan crosssectional pada 108 responden dengan cluster proporsional. Hasil menunjukkan adahubungan bermakna antara karakteristik pekerjaan (p= 0.016), perilaku personalhygiene (p=0.045) dengan kejadian malaria. Perawat komunitas disarankanmelakukan edukasi melalui program pendidikan kesehatan sesuai kebutuhanmasyarakat berdasarkan faktor risiko penyebab masalah serta memperhatikansumberdaya yang ada di masyarakat.

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ABSTRACT
Malaria is an infectious transmitted disease that commonly occurs in tropical area inall age group including adult group. The purpose of this study is to determine thecorrelation between demographic characteristics and personal hygiene behavior withmalaria incidence in Maluku Tenggara. This is descriptive correlation study usingcross sectional and proportional cluster in recruiting 108 respondents. The resultshows that there is significant correlation between job characteristics (p value =0.014), and personal hygiene behavior with malaria incidence (p value = 0.037). It isrecommended nurse are advised to educate community through health educationprograms as needed community based on risk factors cause of problem, as well asresources in society.