Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The trend of new HIV cases in Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (WPKL&P) based on age group is now shifting to younger population. The prevalence of HIV in the group of 20-29 years old is doubled from 2014 to 2018. Hence, a program named Generasi Tanpa HIV/ AIDS (GenTHA) under City Getting to Zero Project was conducted with several interventions to improve the knowledge of HIV and high-risk behaviour among 14 and 16 years old students. METHODS: 40 students aged 14 and 16 years old were selected from four different schools in Cheras. Survey consisting of questions regarding general knowledge of HIV and the attitude towards PLHIV was conducted in early phase (pre- test) and at the end of the program (post- test). RESULTS: All of the students were Malay and Muslim. Majority of them (70%) were 16-year-old with equal distribution of gender. Among them, 5 students (12.5%) admitted they have been involved in sexual activity. At the end of the program, we found that their knowledge of HIV has increased up to 100% on most questions. However, the percentage of stigma is still high (62%) towards PLHIV. DISCUSSION: Issue on stigma has to be strengthened in future program in order to succeed in preventive program among younger population.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-153,
title = {Do 'Z- Generation' Understand HIV?},
author = {Wan Nur Syamimi WMD and Ismawati Ismail},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The trend of new HIV cases in Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (WPKL\&P) based on age group is now shifting to younger population. The prevalence of HIV in the group of 20-29 years old is doubled from 2014 to 2018. Hence, a program named Generasi Tanpa HIV/ AIDS (GenTHA) under City Getting to Zero Project was conducted with several interventions to improve the knowledge of HIV and high-risk behaviour among 14 and 16 years old students. METHODS: 40 students aged 14 and 16 years old were selected from four different schools in Cheras. Survey consisting of questions regarding general knowledge of HIV and the attitude towards PLHIV was conducted in early phase (pre- test) and at the end of the program (post- test). RESULTS: All of the students were Malay and Muslim. Majority of them (70%) were 16-year-old with equal distribution of gender. Among them, 5 students (12.5%) admitted they have been involved in sexual activity. At the end of the program, we found that their knowledge of HIV has increased up to 100% on most questions. However, the percentage of stigma is still high (62%) towards PLHIV. DISCUSSION: Issue on stigma has to be strengthened in future program in order to succeed in preventive program among younger population.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Health Department, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Health Department, Malaysia},
keywords = {Adolescents, HIV, stigma},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}