Building Critical Awareness Through HIV and AIDS Management Policy at Subdistrict and Village Level

• Main Authors: Dewi Rokhmah, Khoirun Khoirun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Negeri Semarang 2017-11-01
• Series: KEMAS: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat
• Subjects: critical consiusness, policy, HIV/AIDS, district level and village
• Online Access: https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/kemas/article/view/7297

The number of PLWHA in Jember Regency has been increasing every year from 2004 to 2016 always, hence HIV/AIDS prevention must involve the community, not just relying on programs from the Department of Health or KPAD. Jember Regents policy on HIV/AIDS Management Team at Subdistrict and Village Level strategically involve all components of the society. Societys participation was not limited to physical participation but extended to critical awareness. This is a descriptive analytic study about logical thinking on fostering critical awareness on HIV/AIDS through subdistrict and village HIV/AIDS team regulated by Jembers Regent. Policy analysis was done through Triangle of Policy Analysis theory which includes: context, content, process and actors. The result showed that Jember Regents policy on HIV/AIDS prevention teams at subdistrict and village level was very effective to foster communitys critical awareness in HIV/AIDS preventive programs at Jember Regency.