The Determinants Of Utilization Of Voluntary Counseling And Testing (Vct) Mobile Clinic By Female Sex Workers In Pelalawan Regency – Riau Province In 2011
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2015-06-18
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The utilization of health service facility is an important indicator of a health service system. According to the
data from SDKI 2007, The utilization of health service facility is still at the low level (46 %). Voluntary
Counseling and Testing (VCT) is a prevention effort for the spread of HIV/AIDS infection through
increasing access, both static and voluntary, for people with HIV/AIDS. Mobile VCT program at Selasih
General Hospital of Pelalawan regency has been implemented since the first time mobile VCT clinic came to
the community. However, there have been only 14 persons (2,3 %), that have performed static or voluntary
visit to the VCT clinic.The objective of this study is to know the correlation between knowledge, trust, value,
support from others, motivation, activity, environment and the utilization of VCT mobile clinic. The study
design is cross sectional approach with 84 Female sex workers aged 18-35 years old were involved. Data
were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed using chi square and logistic regression test. Chi square
test result shows that belief, value, and motivation are the determinants of the utilization of VCT clinic
service, while logistic regression test result shows that motivation is the only determinant. In conclusion,
there is a significant correlation between belief (p= 0,001), value (p=0,00) and motivation (p=0,00) toward
VCT clinic service utilization. Furthermore, motivation of female sex workers has the most significant
correlation with VCT clinic service utilization (p=0,001).
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HIV/AIDS, VCT Clinic, Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)