HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP TUKANG CUKUR TENTANG HIV/AIDS DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN HIV/AIDS MELALUI TRANSMISI PISAU CUKUR
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Keywords

Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, HIV / AIDS.

Abstract

Knowledge or cognitive domain is very important for the formation of one's actions barber where knowledge workers against HIV / AIDS is affecting the behavior of a barber in the use of a sterile razor to prevent HIV / AIDS transmission through razor and if necessary to change the behavior of the advance should be changed is the attitude barber on HIV / AIDS. AIDS is an acronym in the English Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome which is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the loss of the immune system due to infection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of a barber in efforts to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS transmission through razor in town Batulicin, Simpang Empat subdistrict, Tanah Bumbu regency.

The method of this study is observational analytic cross-sectional approach. The experiment was conducted in the district of Simpang Empat, Tanah Bumbu district in April to May 2014. Sampling technique with a total sampling. Samples used as many as 20 peoples. Independent variables, knowledge and attitudes barber on HIV / AIDS, behavioral dependent variable transmission prevention of HIV / AIDS transmission through razor.

The results of the study were tested with nonparametric tests Fisher's Exact Test with significance level α = 0.05. Based on the analysis we concluded there was no relationship between knowledge and attitudes barber on HIV / AIDS prevention behaviors of HIV / AIDS transmission through razor in town Batulicin, Simpang Empat, subdistrict Tanah Bumbu regency with P-value 1.000 knowledge variables (P> 0.05) and 0.521 attitudinal variables (P> 0.05).

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