Open AccessThe Effectiveness of Audio Visual Media Intervention Aku Bangga Aku Tahu (ABAT) toward Adolescent Attitude as a Practice of Prevention of HIV and AIDS Transmission
Author(s) -
Nuramalia Nuramalia,
Ida Leida Maria,
Nurhaedar Jafar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of multicultural and multireligious understanding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2364-5369
DOI - 10.18415/ijmmu.v6i5.1177
Subject(s) - audio visual , intervention (counseling) , psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , simple random sample , print media , test (biology) , population , medicine , clinical psychology , family medicine , multimedia , advertising , psychiatry , computer science , environmental health , newspaper , business , paleontology , biology
Learning media have an important role in supporting the delivery of information, one of the learning media that is currently developing is audio visual media. Recognizing the problems faced in efforts to prevent and control HIV and AIDS among adolescent groups, then through audio-visual media, I am Proud I Know (ABAT) as an education to spread true and comprehensive knowledge about HIV and AIDS. This study aims to determine the effect of ABAT audio-visual media on attitudes about HIV and AIDS at school adolescents in Makassar City. The research design uses quasy experiment with The Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling, as many as 96 adolescents. The results showed that most respondents were in the age group of 17 years (49%), female sex (52%), grade 12 level (51%). Based on the results of the Mann-Whitney U Test, there were differences in attitude before and after the intervention of ABAT audio-visual media playback with a frequency of playback three times and once in the intervention group and the control group (p = 0.036). Conclusion: there are significant differences in adolescent attitudes about HIV and AIDS before and after the intervention. Some comparison of counseling media is needed in order to better know the effectiveness of a media.