HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGETAHUAN TERHADAP SIKAP PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN HIV/AIDS PADA MAHASISWA PROFESI DI RSGM UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA

Background: HIV infection is one of the ten major health problems in the world which is quite worrying and will develop into AIDS if the infection has reached an advanced stage. In HIV/AIDS patients, the infection can manifest as lesions in the oral cavity. For health workers such as dentists, HIV/AIDS is an infectious disease that needs to beware because treatments in dental care have a risk of transmitting HIV from sufferers to dentists, so knowledge and good attitude are needed as an effort to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission. Material and method: This study used a cross sectional study. The sample of this research is dental students consisting of 65 students. Collecting data using a questionnaire instrument about knowledge and attitude to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission. Data analysis using Spearman Rank Correlation test. Result: The results showed that 48 respondents (73.8%) had high knowledge and 33 respondents (50.7%) had positive attitude about HIV/AIDS. Spearman Rank Correlation test showed a significance value of 0.001 (p < 0.05) with a correlation coefficient of 0,404. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude to preventing HIV/AIDS transmission in dental students at RSGM UMY and in general, dental students have high knowledge and positive attitude.