INTERVENTION USING SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK AS HEALTH EDUCATION MEDIA IN INCREASING ADOLESCENT'S KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ON HIV AIDS

Abstract

The number of HIV AIDS among adolescents is increasing every year. Many teens do not know about HIV AIDS. Developments in information technology can be used to conduct health education particularly on HIV AIDS. One of them is now evolving is through social media facebook.This research is aimed to know the effectiveness of social media Facebook, as health education media in increasing adolescents' knowledge and attitude of HIV & AIDS in public senior high school (PSHS) in Maluku Tenggara, 2016.This reseach uses quasi experimental design with the nonrandomized control group pre testpost test which involve 76 participants. The questionnaire is used to measure senior high school students’ knowledge and attitude. The given intervention is health education which loaded in wall post in facebook group in PSHS Tual and will be compared with leaflet media in control group in PSHS Kei Kecil. Data analysis using a dependent t test with p<0.05.There are statistically significant differences in knowledge variable (p<0.05) in the treatment group and the control group. Significant differences in attitude variables (p<0.05) was found only in the treatment group through social media facebook.Health education through wall post in social media, facebook, increases the adolescent’ knowledge and attitude of HIV & AIDS more effective than through leaflet