1Student of Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
2Lecturer of Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
3Lecturer of Doctoral Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Sariana Pangaribuan, Doctoral Student of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia Email: sarianapangaribuan@yahoo.co.id
Online published on 13 November, 2019.
HIV AIDS transmission among women continues to increase. Women's vulnerability could be driven by gender inequality that leads to women are not able to control sex behavior of their partner and ensure that the practices are safe from HIV transmission. It aimed to analyze influence of marital status, perception about their partner and partner status on prevention of HIV AIDS transmission among Papuan women in Sorong city.
It was analytical observational study with cross-sectional study design. Study population included Papuan women which had spouse, 350 women were involved as samples. Data were collected using questionnaire, analyzed with regression analysis and Chi-Square test.
Majority (50.3%) of respondents lived with their spouse, 14.9% of respondents whose partner had other partner. Most of perceptions about partner were found at moderate levels (70.9%, respectively). Majority (67.4%) of respondents did not use any prevention of HIV AIDS transmission. Marital status (p value = 0.001), partner status (p value = 0.019), Perception about partner (p value = 0.000).
Perception about partner, marital status and partner status had influence on prevention of HIV AIDS transmission among Papuan Women in Sorong city.
Marital status, Perception, HIV and AIDS prevention
