Hubungan Karakteristik, Pengetahuan dengan Stigma Petugas Kesehatan Tentang Koinfeksi Tuberkulosis-Virus Human Immunodeficiency di Kota Manado

Abstract

Tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are two issues of public health which has become concern in
the world. HIV related stigma is a major barrier to treatment. Many cases of AIDS have been found compered hiv positive
raised the question how is hiv services in manado city. This study aims to determine the correlation between
characteristic, knowledge with stigma of health care workers about tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus coinfections
in Manado city. The method of this research is analytical with cross-sectional design was conducted at five
clinic of Manado city. Ninety seven health care workers were included in this study and they were selected proportion.
Bivariat analysis (chi-square) was used to identify the correlations between characteristic, knowledge with stigmatized
attitudes. The result of research indicates that the level of stigmatized attitudes was high. Chi-square test
showed a correlation (p<0,05) between characteristic based on age with stigmatized attitudes, characteristic based on
job with stigmatized attitudes, characteristic based on years of experience with stigmatized attitudes, and knowledge
with stigmatized attitudes. Conclusion: There are a correlation between characteristic based on age, job, years of experience
and knowledge with stigmatized attitudes.

Keywords: Characteristic, knowledge, stigma, health care workers, TB-HIV co-infection.