Empowerment program aims at improving the independency in social economic sector or psychology. The research aims at formulating the development of empowerment program to improve the independency of the housewives with HIV. The research is a qualitative and its design is an exploration research. The subjects of the research are ten housewives with HIV, the members of Women Empowerment Commun…
Antiretroviral (ARV) is the drug to reduce varemia and enhances CD4+ level. ARV cannot cure HIV-AIDS but it increases the life expectancy of people living with HIV-AIDS (PLHA). ARV is a lifetime treatment that needs a high adherence. The meaning of ARV which vulnerable to low adherence is related to stigma and discrimination. It is also related to the changing of life pattern in which taking AR…
Adherence to ARV (antiretroviral) was aimed to siginificantly prolong the life expectancy of people living with HIV AIDS (PLHIV). ARVs fight against the infection by slowing down the reproduction of HIV in human body. This research aimed to identify the internal and external factors that support adherence to ARV therapy. This research was a qualitative research conducted in Bandung and Cima…
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and cause of death in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in developing countries. TB-HIV cases showed an increase in recent years. There has been no report on TB-HIV patient profiles in RSCM. The purpose of this study was to obtain data an demographic, clinical, laboratory, and radiological TB-HIV patients. This stud…
Epidemi HIV secara global memasuki kondisi kritis. Peningkatan jumlah kasus HIV-AIDS di Indonesia berdampak pada kebutuhan layanan Perawatan, Dukungan dan Pengobatan (PDP). Meski jumlah layanan dan cakupan PDP meningkat tajam namun secara umum layanan PDP masih menghadapi berbagai masalah. Mengevaluasi pelaksanaan layanan perawatan, dukungan dan pengobatan HIV-AIDS di Jawa Barat dan Papua. …
Jumlah penderita HIV di Indonesia hingga Juni 2012 mencapai 86.762 orang dan untuk penderita AIDS 32.103 orang. Secara nasional, provinsi Jawa Barat termasuk salah satu dari 5 provinsi dengan kasus HIV-AIDS tertinggi di Indonesia. Mengetahui tingkat kepatuhan ODHA dalam mengkonsumsi obat ARV dan faktor-faktor yang mendukung ODHA dalam hal minum obat ARV. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode…
Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) merupakan salah satu strategi pencegahan dan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS yang dinilai cukup efektif. Mengetahui hubungan antara persepsi dan sikap dengan pemanfaatan Klinik VCT oleh kelompok berisiko HIV/AIDS di Kota Bandung tahun 2013. Jenis penelitian explanatory research, desain potong lintang. Data kuantitatif dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dengan ku…