Abstract:
People living with HIV (PLWH) can not access health care services as they experience rejection from health center
personnel and refusal of treatment. Stigma may influence the low antiretroviral therapy coverage in Indonesia
(46%).The purpose of this study is to develop HIV curriculum that not only focus on physical aspect how to care the
PLWH but also mental, social and spiritual aspect to care them. Two steps studies have been done from the total of
three.First stage was mixed methods using descriptive quantitative and qualitative study, using a questionnaire
covering demographic information, HIV knowledge, religious beliefs, attitudes toward PLWH, and list of questions
for focus group discussion. A convenience sample of 535 Medicine-Nursing-Midwifery student participated from 9
Medical-Nursing-Midwifery schools, and around 27 Medical-Nursing-Midwifery professors and manager of
academic affairs join to FGD to discuss HIV and AIDS curriculum on their institutions. These Medical-Nursing-
Midwifery schools are in 3 different provinces, Jakarta, East Java, and Papua. Second stage was combining the gap
found from first stage study and literature review and expert seminar on what is the best way to deliver HIV
curriculum that can reduce HIV stigma among health professionals. The HIV curriculum was established which is
consist of the impact of HIV and AIDS to personal and professional life of health personnel, he right of patient and
health personnel, understanding patient experience living with HIV and AIDS, stigma and discrimination toward
PLWH from health personnel, understanding the risk of and how to prevent HIV infection among health personnel
within health service system. HIV/AIDS curriculum that allowing health professional student reducing stigma and
discrimination toward PLWH need to be tested to a group of three different health profession schools. Curriculum
testing will be done in year three, 2015.
