Authors: Feni The
Department of Administration and Health Policy, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia
Abstract
East Java is the region with the highest number of AIDS cases in 2015 (12,735 people) with the most age group that is in the productive age with the age range 25-49 years. This research aimed to analyze the relationship of knowledge with attitude about prevention of HIV / AIDS transmission to housewife at Wonokusumo Health Center of Surabaya City. The type of research used was observational with cross sectional approach. The subjects were 65 housewives who visit to Wonokusumo Public Health Center, Surabaya. Data collection was done through interview, then analyzed using Fisher’s Exact Test. Results indicated that most housewives were well informed about HIV / AIDS (55.4%), and most of the housewives were good (78.5%). The results of Fisher’s Exact Test were p-value = 0.033 and OR = 5.252, so it could be concluded that there was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude of housewife about prevention of HIV / AIDS transmission at Wonokusumo Health Center of Surabaya City.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Prevention, Transmission, HIV / AIDS
