HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU HAMIL TENTANG HIV/AIDS DENGAN MINAT IBU HAMIL MELAKUKAN VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING (VCT) DI PUSKESMAS UBUD II Ni Wayan Sri Wahyuni, IGN Made Kusuma Negara, Ida Bagus Ardhi Putra Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Kejadian HIV/AIDS masih banyak ditemukan pada ibu hamil. HIV/AIDS dapat ditularkan dari ibu yang terinfeksi ke bayi yang dikandung, sehingga perlu upaya pencegahan penyakit salah satunya adalah dengan melakukan VCT. Untuk menumbuhkan minat ibu hamil melakukan upaya pencegahan penularan penyakit, diperlukan pengetahuan ibu hamil mengenai penyakit HIV/AIDS. Tujuan: Untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan ibu hamil tentang HIV/AIDS dengan minat ibu hamil melakukan VCT. Metode: Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah analitik korelatif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 97 ibu hamil dengan menggunakan teknik consecutive sampling. Instrumen penelitian data yaitu lembar kuesioner pengetahuan tentang HIV/AIDS dan minat melakukan VCT. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji korelasi spearman rho. Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa 79 responden (81,4%) pengetahuan ibu hamil tentang HIV/AIDS termasuk dalam kategori baik dan 77 responden (79,4%) minat melakukan VCT termasuk kategori tinggi. Hasil menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan tentang HIV/AIDS dengan minat melakukan VCT dengan kekuatan korelasi (r = 0,944). Kesimpulan: Sebagian besar ibu hamil memiliki pengetahuan yang baik tentang HIV/AIDS dan minat yang tinggi untuk melakukan VCT. Sehingga diharapkan ibu hamil dapat selalu meningkatkan pengetahuan dan minat dalam upaya pencegahan penularan penyakit dari ibu ke bayi yang dikandung. Kata Kunci: HIV/AIDS, Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT), Ibu Hamil, Pengetahuan, Minat.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND INTEREST IN DOING VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING (VCT) AT PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER II UBUD Ni Wayan Sri Wahyuni, IGN Made Kusuma Negara, Ida Bagus Ardhi Putra Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Program Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: The incidence of HIV/AIDS is still found on pregnant women. HIV/AIDS can be transmitted from infected mothers to the baby so it is necessary to prevent the disease. One of them is by doing VCT. In order to increase the interest of pregnant women in preventing the disease transmission, knowledge of pregnant women about HIV/AIDS is needed. Purpose: To determine the correlation between pregnant women’s knowledge about HIV/AIDS and interest in doing VCT. Method: This study employed analytical correlational design with cross sectional approach. There were 97 pregnant women recruited as the samples which were chosen by using consecutive sampling technique. The instruments of the research were questionnaire about HIV/AIDS knowledge and interest in doing VCT. The data were analyzed by using Spearman rho test. Findings: The result showed that 79 respondents (81.4%) had good knowledge about HIV/AIDS and 77 respondents (79.4%) had high interest in doing VCT. The result indicated that there was correlation between knowledge about HIV/AIDS and interest in doing VCT (r = 0,944). Conclusion: Most of pregnant women have good knowledge about HIV/AIDS and high interest in doing VCT. It is expected that pregnant women always increase their knowledge and interest in preventing disease transmission from mother to the baby. Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT), Pregnant Women, Knowledge, Interest.