| Summary: | HIV / AIDS is a problem related to sexual behavior and reproductive health. There is
a tendency to an increase in premarital sexual behavior in adolescents is not matched by
sufficient knowledge about reproductive health including HIV / AIDS. This causes teens to be
the most vulnerable groups affected by HIV / AIDS. Teens often do not acquire information,
knowledge, and skills related to HIV / AIDS. In addition, adolescence is a time when many
young people usually want to try to have sex. The younger generation is also the world's best
hope in the fight against HIV / AIDS.
This study wanted to examine knowledge about HIV/AIDS and attitudes toward
people living with HIV and adolescent premarital sex behaviour in Yogyakarta Special
region. To that end, this study formulated four research questions, namely: (1) How about the
knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitudes towards people living with HIV in adolescents in
Yogyakarta Special Region by background characteristics, (2) How about the knowledge of
HIV/AIDS and attitudes towards people living with HIV in adolescents in Yogyakarta Special
Region in premarital sexual behavior, (3) What the sources of information about HIV/AIDS is
most often accessed by adolescents in Yogyakarta Special Region, and (4) What factors that
influence adolescent premarital sexual behavior in Yogyakarta. This study used data
Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey Indonesia (IYARHS) in 2007 and equipped with
RPJMN Performance Indicators Survey Population and Family Planning Programs
publication data in 2011. There are 792 young people in Yogyakarta Special Region form
IYARHS data as study respondents. Data analysis was performed using univariate, bivariate
and multivariate analyzes.
From the results of the study it can be concluded that the area of residence affect
access to information, knowledge, and attitudes toward the phenomenon of HIV/AIDS and
people living with HIV/AIDS. This indicates the flow distribution and flow of information is
not distributed across regions (urban and rural) in Yogyakarta in particular, thus potentially
prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS nationwide. Characteristics by sex, age and education
as internal factors that affect the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and attitudes towards
people living with HIV/AIDS. Television became the media most often accessed by
adolescents to get information about HIV/AIDS than radio or newspapers or magazines.
Tesebut because television has advantages compared with other media, which among others
are able to spread the word quickly and has the ability to reach audiences in big quantity at
the same time. Binary logistic regression analysis showing that the area of residence, sex,
dating and peer experiences significantly influence adolescent premarital sexual behavior (pvalue
< 0,05).
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