The Relationship of Students' Knowledge About HIV/AIDS with Attitude to Knowledge of Prevention Through the Implementation of Kagaluhan Culture at SMKN 1 Ciamis

Abstract

In Indonesia, HIV AIDS was first discovered in the Province of Bali in 1987. Until now, HIV AIDS has spread in 407 out of 507 districts/cities (80%) in all provinces in Indonesia. Various prevention efforts have been carried out by the government in collaboration with various institutions inside and outside the country. The phenomenon of teenagers that has recently been revealed is the large number of teenagers who are pregnant out of wedlock, abortion, prostitution and the spread of pornographic videos. Information facilities about health and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially HIV/AIDS, in several senior high schools are still lacking, both in the form of educational literature and counseling from related parties. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and their preventive attitudes at SMKN 1 Ciamis. The method used in this study is a cross-sectional design. The research was conducted at SMKN 1 Ciamis, the number of samples was 120 students who were willing to be respondents. the results of this study the correlation coefficient value of 1.00. Correlation significance criteria can be said that there is a significant relationship, as evidenced by the Sig value. (2-talled) the calculation result is smaller than the value of 0.05 or 0.01. The result is that there is a close relationship between the two variables used in this study, namely knowledge about HIV/AIDS and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS prevention through the Cultural Attitude of Galuhan. It can be determined that the level of strength of the relationship between variables has a perfect relationship with the value of the correlation coefficient with the calculation results being smaller than the value of 0.05 or 0.01. So it can be concluded that knowledge has an influence on HIV/AIDS prevention attitudes through the application of Kagaluhan cultural attitudes.