Efforts to Increase Knowledge of Pregnant Women Through Education about HIV/AIDS Disease

Anggrawati Wulandari (Department of Midwifery, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia, Kediri, Indonesia)
Retno Palupi Yonni Siwi (Department of Midwifery, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia, Kediri, Indonesia)
Erma Retnaningtyas (Department of Midwifery, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia, Kediri, Indonesia)
Sri Yeni (Department of Midwifery, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia, Kediri, Indonesia)
Titin Wahyuni Batamba (Department of Midwifery, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia, Kediri, Indonesia)
Irawati (Department of Midwifery, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia, Kediri, Indonesia)

Journal of Community Engagement in Health
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): March

The number of female HIV/AIDS sufferers is increasing along with the increase in transmission of unsafe sexual behavior in men who then transmit HIV to their sexual partners. In addition, HIV transmission from HIV-infected mothers to their babies tends to increase along with the increase in the number of HIV-infected women, which is why HIV/AIDS requires serious attention from parties involved in front-line health services. This community service is to increase pregnant women's knowledge about HIV/AIDS. This activity was carried out by providing counseling with leaflets to pregnant women about HIV/AIDS by giving a pre-test before counseling and a post-test after counseling. The technique is accidental sampling. The results of the counseling were obtained before the counseling was given as many as 2 participants (25%) with sufficient knowledge and after the activity there was an increase to 6 participants (75%) with Good knowledge.It is hoped that further education will focus on preventing HIV/AIDS in pregnant women.