THE EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON INCREASING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS DISEASE AMONG ADOLESCENT

Abstract

Health education in the form of counseling about HIV/AIDS for students is very important because the incidence of HIV/AIDS in parts of the world is increasing every year. This research aims to determine the effect of health education on teenagers' knowledge about HIV/AIDS at SMP Negeri 7 Sumedang. The research method used is a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental design with a one group pretest posttest design, namely experimental research carried out on only one group that is selected at random and no stability and clarity tests are carried out on the group's condition before being given treatment. This one group pretest posttest research design was measured using a pretest carried out before giving treatment and a posttest carried out after being given treatment. The population in this study were 120 class VIII students with a research sample of 100 respondents. This sampling technique was carried out using a purposive sampling technique. Bivariate analysis used the data normality test and then tested again using the Wilcoxon test. The results of the research are that there is an influence of health education on knowledge teenagers about HIV/AIDS at SMPN 7 Sumedang because there was an increase in knowledge and attitudes between before being given health education and after being given health education.