PERKEMBANGAN HIV DAN AIDS DI INDONESIA: TINJAUAN SOSIO DEMOGRAFIS
ABSTRACT: HIV-AIDS epidemic in
Indonesia growsfastly and spread out to all over provinces in Indonesia,
especially among some high risk populations such as commercial sex workers and
injecting drug users (IDUs). In 200 /the accumulative HIV-AIDS cases in
Indonesia was 2575, then increased to 6789 in Maret 2005 and reached the number
of I 8963 in June 2008. The number is assumed to be much higher that the
official reported cases as the existence of iceberg phenomenon. This paper
aimed at presenting the spread of HIV-AIDS cases in Indonesia from
socio-demographic point of views. The data used for this paper was mainly taken
from the result of literature review as well as our research conducted in
Surabaya and Bali in /999 and from our recent study conducted in Batam and
Sanggau in 2006 and 2007. Data collection was done by the use of indepth
interviews, focus group discussion and field observation. The study shows that
HIV-AIDS cases have steady increased among particular groups, such as women and
those in the age group of /5-39 years. The highest number of AIDS cases was
found among people at the 15-19 years age group. The increased cases were mainly
due to the high-risk behaviour that exposed to the spread of HIV-AIDS such as
the use of unsafe injecting drug and sexual practices. This study recommends
that HIV-AJDS problem has to be overcome immediately and pay special attention
to the most affected age groups for targeting as well as introducing type of
interventions.
Penulis: Sri Sunarti
Purwaningsih, NFN Widayatun
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd080062
