THE RELATIONSHIP LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE WITH ATTITUDE OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION IN THE AGE YOUTH 15-24 YEARS

Widia Astuti
Nofita Fajar Mentari
Nur Afni Ros Mania
Putri Nur Gumalasari

Keywords: HIV AIDS, Knowledge, Attitudes to Prevention of HIV AIDS

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the human immune system and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is an immune syndrome caused by HIV infection. The course of this disease is slow and the symptoms (AIDS) appear on average 10 years after the infection occurs, it can even take longer. The high number of cases of HIV AIDS which continues to increase, especially among young people or adolescents, is a serious problem. And the lack of knowledge about HIV AIDS will affect negative HIV AIDS prevention attitudes. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge level and HIV AIDS prevention attitudes among adolescents aged 15-24 years in the Sindang Brang sub-district, rt 02 RW 07, Bogor City, in 2021. This type of research uses descriptive quantitative analytic with a cross sectional approach. The population in this study was adolescents at the Pasir Mulya Health Center as many as 56 people. the sample in this study amounted to 56 respondents equal to the population using the total sampling technique. Univariate and bivariate data analysis using Kendal Tau. Based on statistical tests from 56 respondents, 22 respondents (39.3%) with less knowledge had a negative attitude towards HIV AIDS prevention. The results of bivariate analysis using the Kendal Tau statistical test, obtained a p value of 0.000 <0.05 (alpha) so that Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected. The conclusion of this study shows that there is a relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes towards HIV AIDS prevention among adolescents aged 15-24 years at the Pasir Mulya Health Center, Bogor City, in 2021. It is hoped that young people at the Pasir Mulya Health Center will know more about what HIV AIDS is from the signs and symptoms, ways of transmission, prevention of HIV AIDS, and so on. So that teenagers can have a positive prevention attitude and not more people get HV AIDS.

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