Abstract
AIDS is a disease that is still high in all parts of the world, including Indonesia. Gender is a factor in the occurrence of stigmatization in adolescents. This study aimed to determine the stigma factor for HIV/ AIDS among adolescents in Medan City. This research is a quantitative descriptive study using a cross-sectional study design with a quantitative approach. This research was conducted in Medan City conducted from August to December 2020. The data source in this study was primary data obtained from interviews. Collecting data by direct interviews using a structured questionnaire. Analysis of the data in this study using descriptive analysis and crosstab using the SPSS version 22 program. The results showed that as much54 girls do not want to swim in the same swimming pool as HIV/ AIDS, 55 girls do not want to eat/drink a plate with HIV/ AIDS, 46 girls do not want to use the toilet with HIV/ AIDS, 36 girls do not want to touch their skin with HIV/ AIDS. HIV/ AIDS, 52 teenagers do not want to sleep together with HIV/ AIDS, and 57 young women do not want to wear the same clothes as HIV/ AIDS. It was concluded that female adolescents are more likely to stigma on people living with HIV/ AIDS than male adolescents. It is necessary to carry out socialization and health education to adolescents to eliminate the stigmatization of HIV/ AIDS.
Highlights
AIDS is a disease that occurs in various countries around the world
Based on the results of the cross-tabulation of 25 men, it was found that ten men wanted to swim in the same pool with people living with HIV/ AIDS and 15 male respondents who did not want to swim in the same pool with people living with HIV/ AIDS
Sixty-four women wanted to swim in the same swimming pool with ten people living with HIV/ AIDS and 54 women who did not want to swim in the same pool with people living with HIV/ AIDS
Summary
AIDS is a disease that occurs in various countries around the world. Based on data from the United Nations Program on HIV/ AIDS, it is stated that by the end of 2015, 36.7 million people in the world had HIV disease, 5.7% or around 2.1 million of these were new cases in 2015. 5.1 million people in Asia and the Pacific affected by HIV disease during the end of 2016. The number of new cases of infection among young people aged 15-24 years is 59% (UNAIDS, 2017). Based on Riskesdas in 2018, it was stated that the number of national HIV cases in 2018 was 327,282 sufferers, and AIDS was 114,065 sufferers. In 2018 HIV cases experienced an increase in the cumulative number of people living with HIV by 46,659 people, and AIDS has decreased
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