The Role of Most at-Risk Populations Coordinator in HIV-AIDS Prevention

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.112How to use a DOI?

Keywords

MARP’s coordinator, HIV/AIDS, prevention, role

Abstract

HIV / AIDS as one of infectious diseases that has become endemic in 34 provinces in Indonesia. The number of new HIV cases based on Most at Risk Populations (MARPs) in Indonesia always increasing since year 2011 until 2016. The study aim to examined the role of HIV MARPs coordinator in preventing HIV. There were three main MARPs coordinator were examined using in-depth semi-structured interviewed. They were the coordinator of drug user, coordinator of shemale, and coordinator female sex workers. The data analysed using content analysis. HIV Prevention among the coordinator of MARPs has been important role especially by showing their empathy to motivate the HIV suspect or patient to access the public health care. However, the perception among the society will affect the perception of MARP’s to go for accessing public health care service. The closeness between MARPs and the coordinator build the dependency from the member to the coordinator. MARPs coordinator play an important role in reaching out and assisting people at risk of contracting HIV / AIDS which include in coordinating the population at risk of HIV to get public health care service. The coordination need to outreach larger MARPs so that the public health care or the health department can give more information about HIV.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Setya Haksama
AU  - M. Farid Dimjati Lusno
AU  - Anis Wulandari
AU  - Syahrania Naura Shedysni
AU  - M. Rifqo Hafidzudin Farid
AU  - Abdul Fattah Farid
AU  - Syadza Zahrah Shedyta
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/22
TI  - The Role of Most at-Risk Populations Coordinator in HIV-AIDS Prevention
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 578
EP  - 582
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.112
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.112
ID  - Haksama2020
ER  -