Contributor: drg. Zahroh Shaluhiyah, MPH., Ph.D.
Health providers, including midwives, need information about HIV/AIDS because they have lack of knowledge about transmission and prevention. A factor that causes the failure of HIV prevention efforts is the high stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV. Stigma makes people with HIV, and their families feel afraid and embarrassed to seek help related to the disease, even refusing to take precautions. Stigma occurs in society and health care, and some health workers prefer to be distant and not offer health care to HIV people. Health promotion lecturer and health administration lecturer have conducted research about the effect of training HIV/AIDS in increasing midwives’ knowledge, attitudes and practices related to HIV/AIDS prevention. The findings show that training midwives in HIV prevention was a beneficial program and positively impacted knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the early detection of HIV cases for pregnant women and reproductive age groups and HIV prevention program. The study suggests the need more comprehensive training for village midwives and applying the training results to their routine activities especially those related to early HIV detection in women risk groups and pregnant women.
