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Pengetahuan tenatng HIV/AIDS dan Voluntary Couseling and Testing (VCT), Kesiapan Mental, dan Perilaku Pemeriksaan di Klinik VCT pada Para Mitra Pengguna Obat dengan Jarum Suntik di Surakarta (Knweledge on HIV/AIDS and Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT), Mental Readiners, and Taking Esamination on VCT Clinic Among Intravenous Drug User Partner in Surakarta)
HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through unsterile syringe. Therefore intravenous drug user (IDU) partners are at high risk to et IV/AID infection. This study aimedto determine the association between knowledge on HIV/AIDS infection. This study aimed to determine the association between knowledge on HIV/AIDS, VCT, and mental readiness, and the eillingness to undertake VCT among IDU partners at VCT clinic in Surakarta. This was a cross sectional study. The source population was 99 IDU partners visiting VCI Clinic in Surakarta. A sample of 18 IDU steady and 60 IDU temporary patners were eslected at random for this study. The data was 99 IDU partners visting VCT Clinic in surakarta. A sample of 18 IDU steady and 66 IDU temporary partners were selected at random for this study. The data was analyzed by use of chi square test on SPSS 16. Data analysis showed a statistically significant association between knowledge on VCT (p=0.005) but no statistically significant association between mental readiness (p=0.956), respectively, and the willingness to undertake VCT among IDU partners in Surakarta. There is association between knowledge on VCT and willingness to undertake VCT among IDU partners. There is no association between mental readiness and willingness to undertake VCT.
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