| Summary: | Background: Health promotion in increasing awareness through
education sector is one way in HIV/AIDS prevention among adolescence,
because the school could reach their students in mass number to
conveying information, thus the teacher�s role in HIV/AIDS prevention
become very important. As an information messenger, the teacher ought
to had good understanding, because teacher was needed as key agent for
their students in responding HIV/AIDS problem in the school area.
Objectives: To knowing the correlation between teacher�s perception and
their role in HIV/AIDS prevention in students of Senior High School in
Pontianak Municipality.
Methods: This was observational study by cross sectional design and was
supported by qualitative data through indepth interview. The respondents
were teachers and the students, analysis unit were 8 Senior High School
based on school standard category. Total were 400 respondents, consist
of 200 teachers and 200 students, and was obtained by stratified random
sampling. Data analysis used Rank Spearman correlation, with
significance level p< 0.05.
Results: The teachers had important role in HIV/AIDS prevention with the
percentage of 50.5%, had good perception was 53.5% and had good
knowledge was 50.0%. There was positive correlation between perception
and knowledge to teacher�s role in HIV/AIDS prevention. This means that
more positive the teacher�s perception on HIV/AIDS, the higher their role in
HIV/AIDS prevention. The higher the teacher�s knowledge on HIV/AIDS,
the higher their role in HIV/AIDS prevention among students of Senior
High School in Pontianak Municipality.
Conclusion: Good knowledge and perception on HIV/AIDS could
increasing the teacher�s role in HIV/AIDS prevention in the students, thus it
was important for the teacher as information messenger had good
understanding, with interactive and innovative learning technique. .
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