COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT HIV AIDS AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN RURAL AREAS Lu^lu Nafisah, Yuditha Nindya Kartika Rizqi, Aisyah Apriliciciliana Aryani
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
Abstract
HIV/AIDS is still a problem for public health worldwide, particularly in Indonesia. It appears that little progress has been made to lower the incidence of HIV/AIDS despite increased advocacy and the dissemination of comprehensive HIV/AIDS information in Indonesia. There were 267 new HIV cases discovered in 2020 in Banyumas Regency, 159 AIDS cases and 13 people who died. Young adolescents and teenagers make up an increasing percentage of HIV-positive people globally. Comprehensive knowledge about HIV-AIDS is related to HIV-AIDS prevention behavior among adolescents both in rural and urban areas. This study aimed to describe the comprehensive knowledge of HIV-AIDS among adolescents in rural areas. This study used a descriptive approach and two-stage random sampling. Data was analyzed by univariate analysis. A total of 169 adolescents (15-18 years) participated in this study. All teenagers in this study had heard about HIV-AIDS. Most respondents answered ^false^ to statements about AIDS being curable (56.8%), people infected with HIV always looking unhealthy (44.4%), and the statement that someone could do a test to find out whether he was infected with HIV (90, 5%). This shows that even though teenagers have heard about HIV-AIDS, they are still mistaken or incorrect in answering statements about HIV-AIDS. Furthermore, the majority of respondents stated that there were other diseases that could be transmitted from men or women through sexual intercourse apart from HIV-AIDS (92.9%) and mentioned RSUD as a place for treatment if someone was infected with a sexually transmitted disease (85.8 %).
