Faktor yang berhubungan dengan perilaku diskriminasi terhadap orang dengan HIV/AIDS

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Abstract Background: One of the obstacles in preventing and dealing with HIV/AIDS is the emergence of discriminatory behavior from the community towards sufferers. This discriminatory behavior causes unreasonable and unfair actions towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Purpose: To determine the factors associated with discriminatory behavior towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Method: Cross-sectional research design using data from the 2017 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey with Chi Square bivariate data analysis and multivariate analysis using logistic regression. The sample used in this study was 10.006 respondents. The independent variables in this study were age, gender, education level, place of residence, wealth index, employment status, exposure to information media, and level of knowledge. Results: Approximately 78.3% of respondents have discriminatory behavior towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Factors related to discriminatory behavior towards HIV/AIDS sufferers are education level, place of residence, wealth index, employment status, exposure to information media, and level of knowledge. Logistic regression test showed that respondents with good knowledge about HIV (OR= 1.651.378; 95% CI= 939.611-2.902.318), exposure to information media (OR= 723.320; 95% CI= 397.847-1.315.057), and low education level (OR= 3.534; 95% CI= 1.316-9.486) are more at risk of discriminatory behavior than others. Conclusion: Discriminatory behavior towards HIV/AIDS sufferers is still high. This condition is influenced by several factors including place of residence, wealth index, and employment status. The most dominant variables influencing discriminatory behavior towards HIV/AIDS sufferers are education level, exposure to information media, and knowledge level. Meanwhile, there is no significant relationship between age and gender. Suggestion: Health workers should always actively approach the community by increasing counseling and socialization activities regarding HIV/AIDS so that the community gets correct and clear information about HIV/AIDS, so that it can reduce the stigma and discrimination that occurs towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Keywords: Discriminatory Behavior; HIV/AIDS; People with HIV/AIDS.