ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PERSEPSI DEWASA MUDA HIV DAN AIDS DENGAN SIKAP PENCEGAHAN INFEKSI OPORTUNISTIK DI KELOMPOK DUKUNGAN SEBAYA

Introduction: Young adults with HIV and AIDS as one of the groups that posses high risk of it. Unfavorable perception in young adult can affect stressor received by people living with HIV and can exacerbate stress experienced by people living with HIV, so that body immunity decreases that people living with HIV get easily infected by HIV. The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the perceptions of young adult suffering from HIV and AIDS and the prevention of opportunistic infections in peer support groups. Method: This research uses descriptive analytic design with cross sectional approach The population observed in this study is young adults with HIV and AIDS in the Mahameru Peer Support Group Surabaya. The sample of this research is 42 respondents selected using purposive sampling technique. Independent variable in this research is perception of people living with HIV which includes perception of susceptibility, perception of seriousness, perception of advantages, perception of obstacles, perception of confidence, and perception of threat. Dependent variable in this research is attitude of prevention of opportunistic infection. The data for this was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using Spearman Rank Correlation test with significance of