Open AccessPemanfaatan mobile phone app dalam pencegahan dan penanggulangan HIV pada Remaja : A Community-Based HIV Prevention program
Author(s) -
Irma Darmawati,
Linlin Lindayani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of community service learning/international journal of community service learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2579-7166
pISSN - 2549-6417
DOI - 10.23887/ijcsl.v4i3.28848
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , coaching , empowerment , outreach , mobile phone , psychology , medicine , political science , engineering , family medicine , telecommunications , law , psychotherapist
HIV/AIDS merupakan masalah kesehatan global. Jumlah pengidap Orang Dengan AIDS (ODHA) di Kota Tangerang Selatan mencapai 598 pasien dan trend nya semakin meningkat setiap tahun. Pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini memberikan solusi melalui pemanfaatan mobile app dalam pencegahan HIV kepada masyarakat sehingga masyarakat memiliki soft skill dan hard skill yang tepat untuk memproteksi diri mereka terhadap bahaya dari penularan HIV. Metode kegiatan dilakukan melalui pemberdayaan masyarakat dengan rangkaian kegiatan penyuluhan, pelatihan, pendidikan, dan pembinaan, serta penerapan aplikasi di mobile phone untuk sebagai upaya promosi dan preventif terhadap HIV. Hasil pelaksanaan kegiatan mampu meningkatkan kemampuan soft skill dan hard skill masyarakat terhadap penularan HIV, terbentuknya metode dan sistem pencegahan HIV yang berbasis komunitas, serta pemanfaatan mobile-phone app yang sederhana murah dan efektif yang bisa digunakan untuk pendidikan kesehatan dan monitoring perilaku beresiko terhadap penularan HIV. HIV/AIDS is a global health problem. The number of people living with AIDS (PLWHA) in South Tangerang City reached 598 patients and the trend is increasing every year. The implementation of this community service activity provides solutions through the use of mobile apps in HIV prevention to the community so that people have the right soft skills and hard skills to protect themselves against the dangers of HIV transmission. The method of activity is carried out through community empowerment with a series of outreach, training, education and coaching activities, as well as the application of applications on mobile phones for promotion and prevention of HIV. The results of the activity were able to improve the soft skills and hard skills of the community against HIV transmission, the formation of community-based HIV prevention methods and systems, and the use of a simple, cheap and effective mobile-phone app that can be used for health education and monitoring of risk behaviors against HIV transmission.