STRUCTURED-MODULE EVALUATION AS A KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS OF PLWHA (PEOPLE LIVE WITH HIV/AIDS) NUTRITION AND DIET IN SEMARANG

Abstract

Decreasing of nutrition status among people with HIV AIDS will increasing infectious risk dan decreasing quality of life among them. Determinant of the worse of nutrition status such as less of food intake, absorption failure, nutrition metabolism, oprtunistic infection, and also less of physical activity. Intake of macro and micro nutrition are also factors should be need to care among people with HIV AIDS, since have correlatio with morbidity and imunosupresif effect. The aim of this reseach was how impact of nutrition education among people with HIV AIDS through structure modul to increase knowledge, attitude changing, and food pattern among people with HIV AIDS in Semarang. Population study was people with HIV AIDS in Semarang, then, the subject of the study was members of peer group in BKPM Semarang. Design study was pre-post test design, and data were collected before and after intervention. Variable of study was characteristic among respondents, knwoledge, attitude, length of disease, food pattern, and nutrition status. Intervention was giving through counselling to subjects with modul This research found that the nutrition knowledge among subject had changing after got modul intervention. The subject of study mention that they rarely put attention about nutrition of food, since the apetite decrease significantly after they got the HIV AIDS. The subject mentioned that they were very appreciate since they read the modul they got knowledge and can change their behaviour especially about food intake. This research suggested that need more attention to treat people with HIV AIDS particularly about their food intake, nutrition status. Key notes: People with HIV AIDS, structured module, nutrition education