Journal of Health Education
Vol 5 No 1 (2020)

Development of Community Empowerment Models in the Sub-Urban Area as an Effort to Improve HIV/AIDS Knowledge

Setyaningsih, Eka (Unknown)
Nugroho, Efa (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2020

Abstract

Background: The case of HIV/AIDS is a global problem that must be addressed immediately. A total of 6,176 cases of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia occurred in the age group 20-49 years. One of the causes of the high incidence of HIV/AIDS is the lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS as a preliminary study found that 63.2% of teenagers in Mluweh Village did not know about HIV/AIDS. This study aims to determine the model of community empowerment to increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS of adolescents in Mluweh Village. Methods: This study used an intervention method. The informant in this study is adolescents Mluweh Village. The technique of taking data using interviews then data analyzed descriptively. Results: Adolescents in Mluweh Village did not have comprehensive information on HIV/AIDS, which was due to low levels of education, still considered a taboo of reproductive health education, and lack of information resources on HIV/AIDS. Teenagers feel the need to do the formation of the Working Group (Pokja) of HIV/AIDS as an effort to increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The formation of the Working Group (Pokja) on HIV/AIDS should also be accompanied by the organizational structure and work program. Conclusion: The formation of the HIV/AIDS Working Group (Pokja) by utilizing local potentials is very necessary as an effort to increase adolescent knowledge about HIV/AIDS.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jhealthedu

Publisher

Subject

Education Health Professions

Description

Journal of Health Education (J. Health Edu) is an S5 rated journal (SINTA Ristekdikti) containing writings raised from the results of research or equivalent in the field of health education. Such research includes research in school environments and communities as well as in the general public. ...