Aids Stigmatization Among Teenagers

Apriliani Apriliani, Rani Elviyanti Siregar, Nur Fadhilah Hasanah, Sarah Fadhila Siregar, Putra Apriadi Siregar

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People living with AIDS need the support of others around them. Lack of knowledge about AIDS makes people have a terrible view of people with AIDS, so that discrimination against people with AIDS will increase. The stigma of AIDS is very dangerous for people with AIDS. Support from people around people with AIDS to people with AIDS will be able to increase the enthusiasm of people with AIDS in living life and improve their health status. This research uses an observational method with a cross-sectional design. The location of this study is in Medan City, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The number of samples in this study was 89 teenagers in the city of Medan. The instrument in this study used a questionnaire that had been prepared previously. Data analysis in this study uses descriptive analysis and crosstab. The results of this study indicate that adolescents do not want to swim in the same pool with AIDS people as many as 54 people, adolescents do not want to eat/drink a plate with as many as 55 people with AIDS, adolescents do not want to use public toilets with as many as 46 people with AIDS, adolescents do not want to touch skin with AIDS people as many as 36 people, teenagers do not want to sleep with AIDS people as many as 52 people, adolescents do not want to wear the same clothes with AIDS people as many as 57 people. It was concluded that AIDS stigmatization among Medan city adolescents is currently increasing so that adolescents have AIDS stigmatization and discriminate against people with AIDS in their lives.

Keywords: Discrimination, Stigma, Adolescents, AIDS


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