Public Stigma About People with HIV/AIDS in Sukoharjo District, Sukoharjo Regency
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.033How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- stigma, people, HIV/AIDS
- Abstract
Stigma and discrimination in the community against people with HIV/AIDS caused by lack of understanding of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS prevention and control programs are hampered by the stigma and discrimination in the community against people with HIV/AIDS. This study aims to determine the effect of characteristics with community stigma about HIV/AIDS sufferers in Sukoharjo District, Sukoharjo Regency. This study is an observational analytic cross-sectional approach. The population is all visitors of the Sukoharjo Public Health Center in the amount of 250 (average per month) with a total sample of 93 people with accident sampling technique and research instrument is a questionnaire filled directly by the respondent. Bivariate statistical test uses chi square test and multivariate test uses multiple linear regression. The results of the study revealed that most of the older adults (25–64 years) amounted to 51.6%, women (68.8%), the last education was in the high category (77.4%), private employment (51.6%), and community stigma about people with HIV/AIDS is good (57%). There is a relationship between age (p value = 0.001), last education (p value = 0.003) and work (p value = 0.003) with community stigma against people with HIV/AIDS. There is no relationship between sex and community stigma against people with HIV/AIDS (p value = 0.49). The results of the multivariate test revealed factors of age, recent education and occupation jointly affecting the community’s stigma against people with HIV/AIDS (p value = 0.001).
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TY - CONF AU - Titik Haryanti AU - Farid Setyo Nugroho PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/22 TI - Public Stigma About People with HIV/AIDS in Sukoharjo District, Sukoharjo Regency BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 174 EP - 178 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.033 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.033 ID - Haryanti2020 ER -