1 Legawati, 2 Maria Magdalena Purba, 3 Riny Natalina
Palangka Raya Health Polytechnic
Keywords: Model, Empowerment, GEMALIDS, Voluntary and Counseling Test (VCT)
Abstract
Introduction: HIV/AIDS is still a global health problem There are 34 million people with HIV worldwide, 3.5 million people in Southeast Asia. In 2017, about 30 adolescents aged 15-19 were infected with HIV every hour. Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) is a voluntary and confidential counseling activity. VCT is internationally recognized as an important strategy for HIV prevention and one way to get treatment before it progresses to a more severe condition into AIDS. Palangkaraya City has the highest number of HIV cases compared to other districts in
Central Kalimantan Province. There were 107 cases (56.6%) of HIV out of 189 total HIV cases in Central Kalimantan Province.
Objective: this study aims to determine the influence of the “GEMALIDS” community empowerment model in optimizing the participation of Youth VCT in Palangka Raya City.
Methods : This research is a second-year follow-up research with a quantitative approach (quasi-experimental method). After compiling a proposed model and getting input from several expert teams, this model will be tested in small groups in two schools, with a total of 44 people each in the group (intervention and control).
Results: the most respondents were female 51 people (58%), the most parental education was in the middle category 40 people (45.5%), the most information sources were 2 sources of information 35 people (39.8%), family income was balanced 44 people (50%), the most teenagers lived with their parents 73 people (83%), the most social relationships in the positive category were 73 people (83%), the most social relationships in the positive category were 73 people (83%), and the most VCT behavior was positive 52 people (59.1%). There was a significant relationship between the GEMALIDS adolescent empowerment model and VCT behavior in adolescents, with a p value of 0.000.
Conclusion: Community empowerment by involving adolescents in the form of the HIV-AIDS Care Youth Movement (GEMALIDS) has a significant effect on increasing the positive behavior of adolescents to do VCT, as can be seen from the p value of 0.000 and OR 10.219 (adolescents who are assisted will do VCT 10.219 times compared to the group that does not receive assistance)
