Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap Ibu dengan Keikutsertaan Ibu Hamil dalam Program Monitoring Konseling VCT HI Aids di Puskesmas Sialang Buah Tahun 2018

Abstract

HIV infection in pregnant women can threaten the life of the mother and the mother can transmit the virus to her baby. More than 90% of cases of HIV-infected children are transmitted through the process of mother-to-child transmission or MTCT. Based on HIV / AIDS IV quarterly reports from the Ministry of Health, from 19 districts / cities in North Sumatra, Tanjung Morawa is the region with the highest cases of HIV / AIDS, namely 304 new HIV cases in 2018 and 575 cumulative AIDS cases until 2018. This study is to determine the relationship the level of knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women about HIV / AIDS with participation in HIV testing at Sialang Buah Health Center in 2018. The type of research conducted was an observational cross sectional study, which collected exposure and effect data simultaneously in order to examine the relationship between exposure and effects. Based on the results of cross tabulation, it was found that respondents with a positive attitude had the intention to utilize VCT services 60.8% whereas 28.0% of respondents with negative attitudes had the intention to do VCT. Pregnant women have a positive attitude towards VCT services 67.1%. This means that pregnant women in the Sialang Buah Health Center work area realize that VCT services will be known by visiting them.