Research Article
Knowledge of HIV / AIDS and Attitude towards People with HIV from Community Leaders in South Denpasar
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2302018, author={M B T Ariawan and G A M S APurwanti and P A N K Permatananda}, title={Knowledge of HIV / AIDS and Attitude towards People with HIV from Community Leaders in South Denpasar}, proceedings={The Proceedings of the 1st Seminar The Emerging of Novel Corona Virus, nCov 2020, 11-12 February 2020, Bali, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={NCOV}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={knowledge hiv/aids community leaders}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2302018} }- M B T Ariawan
G A M S APurwanti
P A N K Permatananda
Year: 2020
Knowledge of HIV / AIDS and Attitude towards People with HIV from Community Leaders in South Denpasar
NCOV
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2302018
Abstract
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a collection of symptoms caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Bali is the 4th region with the largest number of HIV cases in Indonesia. Community leaders as a sample in this study considered to have a great influence on the community in the environment. The purpose of this research is to identify knowledge about HIV / AIDS and attitude of public figure to PLHIV patient especially in South Denpasar. This research is descriptive with cross sectional approach to 96 public figures in South Denpasar selected by using multi-stage random sampling technique. The result of community leaders who have good knowledge as many as 39 respondents (40.6%), quite as much as 57 respondents (59.4%) but there are no respondents with less knowledge category. In the category of attitude there are 50 respondents (52.1%) with good category, 39 respondents (40.6%) with enough category and 7 respondents (7.3%) with less category. This study is expected to be useful as a basis for further education to reduce transmission and increase HIV / AIDS prevention efforts and reduce the negative stigma and rejection of PLWHA and theoretically can be a reference in subsequent research.