HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN HIV/AIDS: SEKS BEBAS PADA MAHASISWA ILMU KEPERAWATAN

Background: HIV/AIDS is an infectious disease that attacks the immune system, resulting in disruption of body functions and can cause death. Today's teenagers increasingly find it easier to access information and easily engage in premarital sexual relations with new friends. Adolescents who do not know and realize the risk of HIV transmission can fall into promiscuous sexual behavior which risks contracting HIV/AIDS. Objective: To find out the analysis of the relationship between knowledge and HIV/AIDS prevention behavior: Free Sex among Nursing Students. Method: This research uses quantitative methods with a cross sectional design. The sample of all first-level Nursing Study Program students was 54 respondents taken using the Total Sampling technique. The data collection tool was a questionnaire on knowledge and behavior of preventing HIV/AIDS: free sex, which was distributed online. Data analysis was carried out using Kendall's Tau-b test. Results: Respondents' age was 19 years, gender was mostly female, 46 respondents (85.2%), mostly good knowledge, 50 respondents (92.6%), good behavior, 53 respondents (98.1%). The results of the Kendall's Tau-b test showed p value = 0.777 > 0.05, which means there is no significant relationship between knowledge and HIV/AIDS prevention behavior: free sex. The value of τ = -0.039, which means the strength of the relationship is weak. Suggestion: It is hoped that respondents will continue to increase awareness of the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission as a result of free sexual behavior Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, Prevention, Free Se