JOURNAL LA MEDIHEALTICO
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): Journal La Medihealtico

The Effect of Health Promotion about HIV/AIDS on Adolescents’ Knowledge

Tatisina, Putri Nafa Cindi (Unknown)
Sembiring, Lisma Natalia Br (Unknown)
Nasrianti, Nasrianti (Unknown)
Said, Fathia Inaya (Unknown)
Rainuny, Yance R. (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Mar 2025

Abstract

HIV/AIDS is a disease caused by a virus and can result in AIDS if not treated immediately. One factor that can overcome the transmission of HIV/AIDS is knowledge. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS is very much needed in preventing HIV/AIDS. Objective: To determine the effect of health promotion about HIV/AIDS on the knowledge of adolescents at Kaureh State High School. The study used a pre-experimental design with one group pretest posttest, a random sampling technique, a population of students in grades X and XI with a sample size of 52 respondents using a questionnaire and analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The results obtained knowledge before health promotion was 56.6% and adolescent knowledge after health promotion was 84.3% there was an increase of 27.8% And the results of the Wilcoxon test with a value of -6.208 with a p-value of 0.000 with a significance of 0.05%. A The results show that there is an effect of health promotion about HIV/AIDS on the knowledge of adolescents at Kaureh State High School. Suggestion: Researchers expect that health promotion will be carried out continuously in collaboration with health services and it is hoped that adolescents will seek information about health from various media.

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JournalLaMedihealtico

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Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health Veterinary

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Journal La Medihealtico is peer reviewed, open access Academic and Research Journal which publishes Original Research Articles, Review Article, Case Report editorial comments etc. in all fields of medical sciences and health sciences including Health Care Delivery, Health Care Research, ...