| Summary: | 碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系健康管理組 === 100 === Background: Indonesia has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in Asia. Numerous
factors which put Indonesia in danger of a broader epidemic are limited knowledge of HIV as
well as stigma or negative attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Few
studies have examined their determinants and this paper seeks to examine the determinants of
HIV comprehensive knowledge and attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS
(PLWHA).
Methods: A multistage probability sample involving 13565 ever married women, aged 15-49
was selected. The sample was representative of the Indonesian population by age, province,
type of residence, etc. Respondents were interviewed on their knowledge of HIV and attitude
towards PLWHA. Bivariate & Multivariate logistic Regression was used to identify
socioeconomic, demographic and environmental factors associated with comprehensive
knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitude towards PLWHA.
Results: From the total sample, only 17.9 % were found to have comprehensive knowledge
of HIV/AIDS and 7.8% having positive attitude towards PLWHA. In Multivariate analysis,
being 25-34 years, having secondary or higher education, a higher wealth index, having urban
residence, living in Java, having a partner with secondary or higher educational level, having
no children, exposure to family planning (FP) in the newspaper, having heard about other
sexually transmitted disease (STD), knowing about voluntary counseling test (VCT), having
ever talked AIDS prevention to husband were associated with comprehensive knowledge of
HIV/AIDS. Being 20-44 years, having secondary or higher education, higher wealth index,
living in Java, Kalimantan and Sumatera, having heard about other STD and knowing about
VCT were associated with positive attitude towards PLWHA.
Conclusion: Comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitude towards people living
with HIV/AIDS among women in Indonesia were relatively low. Promotion about HIV/AIDS,
other STD, VCT, FP, on radio, TV and the newspaper in particular among young women in
the rural population outside Java needs to be improved.
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