ANALYSIS KNOWLEDGE WITH FAMILY SUPPORT TO PLWHA IN WORKING AREAS OF KALIWEDI HEALTH CENTER CIREBON

Abstract

HIV AIDS is a group of deadly diseases in the world, especially Indonesia. HIV AIDS cases in Indonesia reported by the Directorate General of Communicable Disease (CDC) & Environmental Health (EH) of the Health Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia on 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 21,511 cases for HIV and AIDS 5,686 cases and recorded deaths from HIV AIDS April 1, 1987 / December 31, 2012 were 8,235 cases (Directorate General of PP & PL of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2012). The purpose of this study was to analysis knowledge with family support to PLWHA in the working area of the Kaliwedi Health Center in Cirebon. The type of research used is analytical research, with a cross sectional study approach. In this study the sample taken was total sampling, which is the overall sampling of the population, as many as 15 ODHA families. The result analysis of correlation data shows that there is a relationship of knowledge with family support to PLWHA in the working area of  Kaliwedi Health Center (P value : 0,000), it is expected that by knowing the relationship between knowledge and family support to PLWHA, it can improve the quality of family support by providing counseling to families of PLWHA.