HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DENGAN TINDAKAN PENCEGAHAN HIV/AIDS PADA SISWA SMA MANADO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS are the
most destructive pandemic in the history, it kills more than 25 million people
since found in 1981. At the end of the year 2007, estimated 33,2 (30,6-36,1)
million adults and kids lives with HIV world wide. In the early of 1981 United
States of America reported that this infectious disease spread through out
unsafe sexual intercourse and constantly changing in sexual partner. In
1982-1983 they found that this infectious disease transmitted not only by
unsafe sexual intercourse and constantly changing in sexual partner but also
through blood transfusions injection among injecting drug users together by IUDs.
In North Sulawesi there has been 18 cases and 9 death cases in 1991 to 2010. In
North Sulawesi there is at least 275 people that are infected with HIV and 483
people that are positive with AIDS. Over all total of people that are infected
by this deadly transmitted infectious disease are around 758 people and it
could increase over time because of the people’s adapting the Heterosexual
behavior which is constantly changing in sexual partner and by using blood
transfusions injection among injecting drug users together by IUDs. The main purpose
of this research is to measure the knowledge level and how the high school
students react on preventing the HIV/AIDS spread in Manado International
School. This research are using Cross-Sectional method. Sample of this research
are taken in Manado International School grade 10 and 11 of high school
stundents. The results of this research shows that some of the respondent
knowledge were good on how to prevent HIV/AIDS with 84 respondent (70%) and
some of respondent attitude shows a positive sign on how to prevent this
viruses with 77 respondent (64,2%0. The advice that can be given is that the
students were able to open their mind on how deadly this HIV/AIDS is so that the
student could know how to prevent it and hoping that the parents can intervene
the student social life to stop this viruses from spreading.
Penulis: David Tampi, Grace D.
Kandou, Gustaaf E.A. Ratag
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd130129
