Karakteristik Remaja Pengguna Narkoba Suntik dan Perilaku Berisiko HIV/AIDS di Kecamatan Ciledug Kota Tangerang

Abstract

Prevalence of HIV-AIDS in Tangerang City, an industrial area, continues to increase. The increase may be caused by location of Tangerang which is directly bordered to Jakarta and having similar geographical and demographical characteristics to Jakarta. At the same time, there is a significant increase of drugs distribution and abuse. This study aims at investigating the relationship between injection-drug-user (IDU) teenager’s characteristics and HIV-AIDS high risk behavior in Ciledug Sub-district, Tangerang City in 2007. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey conducted among 206 samples of IDU teenagers age 15-24 years old using questionnare administered in face-to-face interview. The study results show that HIV-AIDS risk behavior prevalence reached 55,3% among respondents and there were 8 variables with significant relationship (p < 0,05). Those 8 variables were knowledge, age, education level, economic status, parent status, parental care pattern, living environment, and outside home activity. The most dominant variable was knowledge where teenagers with low level of knowledge has 6,9 times higher risk of having HIV-AIDS risk behavior compared to those with higher level of knowledge. Key words: IDU, teenagers, HIV-AIDS