PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP, DAN PERILAKU DALAM PENCEGAHAN HIV/AIDS PADA ANAK JALANAN BINAAN YAYASAN CIREBON PEDUL ANAK BANGSA (YCPAB) DI KOTA CIREBON TAHUN 2020

Abstract

The phenomenon of social problems in Indonesia is the outbreak of children on the street. Especially in the city of Cirebon, which is known as one of the areas supplying street children in Jakarta. The occurrence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV / AIDS) is still a global problem. Health education is very important in changing one's behavior. Children on the street have a high enough risk factor for HIV / AIDS. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of health education on knowledge, attitudes, risk behaviors in HIV / AIDS prevention. Experimental research with a research design using Quasi Experiment with Pretest-posttest One Group Design on 38 street children with purposive sampling technique. Data collection using a questionnaire that was analyzed by the Cochran and McNemar tests. This study shows the frequency distribution of knowledge both before being given health education as many as 1 person (2.6%) and after being given health education as many as 35 people (92.1%), the frequency distribution of positive attitudes before being given health education as much as 2 people (55.3 %) after 36 people were given health education (9.7%), the frequency distribution of risk-free behavior before being given health education were 23 people (60.5%) and 37 people were given health education (97.4%). In addition, the results of p value 0,000 were obtained using the Cochran test calculations for knowledge, attitudes, and behavior (p?0.05). Then it was stated that there was an influence of health education on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in the prevention of HIV / AIDS. Health education with PowerPoint media, videos, and leaflets combined with games with repeated interventions can have an influence on increasing knowledge, positive attitudes, and changing risk behaviors in preventing HIV/AIDS