Abstract
The incidence number of HIV/AIDS is the most worrying case globally, and the number keeps increasing. The highest risk factor affecting adolescents to have HIV/AIDS is lack of information. Thus, it is necessary to provide proper health education on HIV/AIDS using the small group discussion method. This study aims to determine the effect of HIV/AIDS education using the small group discussion method on teenagers' HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge. This research used a pre-experimental design, no control one-group pretest-posttest design. There were 55 respondents as samples obtained by using simple random sampling. They were divided into five small groups. Each group was provided the identical material, namely HIV and its prevention, for three hours with two sessions. The first session lasted for two hours consisted of knowledge sharing based on trigger cases. The second session lasted for one hour consisted of continuing and reviewing the material given in the first session. A questionnaire was handed out to collect adolescent knowledge about HIV/AIDS and analyzed the data using paired t-test. The result showed that adolescent knowledge scores on HIV/AIDS increased after being provided with health education on HIV/AIDS. The paired t-test value of a knowledge is p = 0.000 (p-value<0.05). The implication in this study is that providing health education on HIV/AIDS using the small group discussion method has proven to be effective in expanding adolescent knowledge on HIV/AIDS prevention.
Highlights
The HIV/AIDS incidence is one of the most worrying cases with the most incidents globally
Based on a report on global HIV/AIDS statistics published by the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 36.9 million people lived with HIV. 1.8 million newly infected globally and 940.000 deaths were caused by AIDS-related illness in 2017
Africa became the most affected region, with 25.7 million people living with HIV (UNAIDS/WHO, 2017)
Summary
The HIV/AIDS incidence is one of the most worrying cases with the most incidents globally. Based on a report on global HIV/AIDS statistics published by the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 36.9 million people lived with HIV. In Indonesia, the Special Region of Yogyakarta has the highest and lowest incidence numbers of HIV/AIDS. There were 1,086 HIV/AIDS incidences occurring in adolescents aged 15-29 years old. This showed that adolescent is the most vulnerable group to have HIV/AIDS. People aged 20-49 years old have the most cases of HIV (87%) and AIDS (81%). Since the disease's incubation period is approximately 5-10 years, the first contact with HIV was likely to happen during adolescence, making them the group prone to HIV infection (AIDS Prevention Commission, 2016)
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