THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PROMOTION THE USE OF CONDOMS, SAFE SEX AGAINTS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE PREVENTION AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER OF KUTA ALAM BANDA ACEH

Abstract

Background: Sexually Transmitted Infections often called Venereal disease it is a disease that is mostly transmitted through sexual intercourse or sexual contact. Since it was first discovered (1987) until June 2012, cases of HIV / AIDS spread in 498 districts / cities throughout the (33) provinces in Indonesia, in 2010 about 21.591 cases in 2011 as many as 21 .031 cases, for Aceh alone there were 65 cases of HIV. The purpose of the study to determine the relationship of promotion of condom and safe sex with the prevention and reproduction of STDs in woman of childbearing age. Method: The sample in this study were all woman of fertile age (WUS) at risk aged 21-35 years came to Klinik IMS Health Center Kuta Alam Banda Aceh amounted to 63 people. The sampling technique in this research is Consecutive sampling analysis of univariate and bivariate data. Results: The results of the statistical test Chi-square Condom promotion obtained value of p = 0.013 and Safer Sex, p=0.029 means there is a significant relationship between the Promotion of Use Condoms, Safe sex with the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Conclusion: STI prevention and through promotion of safe use of condom and sex at Kuta Alam Health Center is still not good. It is expected that health workers will be more active in implementing the Information, Communication, Education so that it can provide an understanding that can increase public awareness in doing STI prevention and control.

Keywords

• Condoms
• safe sex
• STIs