PROCEEDINGS International Seminar and Workshop on Public Health Action "Building Healthy Community" 36 BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE SEX WORKERS (FSW) IN PREVENTION STIS AND HIV/AIDS IN DISTRICT SINTANG Arip Ambulan Panjaitan 1 , Ika Riska 2 Candidate Master of Health Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia 1 KPA District Sintang, West Borneo, Indonesia 2 email : arief.naburju92@gmail.com Abstract Female Sex Workers (FSW) is one of a high risk infected population of STIs and HIV/AIDS. High rates of STIs and HIV/AIDS among FWS among others due to lack of the preventide behavior. The porpose of this study is to invesigate the determinants of the behavior of FSW in the prevention of STIs and HIV/AIDS that included age, education, marital status, family support, peer support, support pimps, support health workers, knowledge and attitudes. This research used cross-sectional design with sample of 90 FSW. Techniques of data collection using questionaries, data analysis using univariate and bivariate analysis using chi square statistical test. The result showed the majority of FSW in the consistent use of condoms. The variable related are age, family support, peer support support pimps, support health workers, knowledge and attitudes to the behavior of STIs and HIV/AIDS. The improvement by health promotion program and the consistency of condom using will be more applicable effort. Keywords: Behaviour, FSW, IMS and HIV/AIDS A. Introduction Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) is development millenium with effort for meet rights basic needs human through commitment with for implement eight aim one of its development, namely the fight against epidemiologic of HIV/AIDS, malaria and disease spread other harmful health. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) is a disease transmitted through sexual intercourse. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are more than 30 types of microbes that can be transmitted through sexual contact conditions are most often found among them, namely HIV and syphilis, can also be transmitted from mother to children during pregnancy and pregnancy, through blood and body tissue (WHO, 2009). STIs cases continues to increase worldwide. Data released by WHO in 2005 there were 457 million people worldwide are affected by STIs (Schmid, 2009). Since 2008, the number sufferer woman and a man is almost the same at around 1.34 per 100.000 population for women and 1.03 per 100.000 population for men (Nurhalina Afriana, 2012). STIs is one of the causes of health problems, social and economic in many countries as well as mer upakan one entrance HIV/AIDS. The existence of STIs has exercised a great influence in the control of HIV/AIDS. At the same time, the increased incidence of resistance arising germs that cause STIs to some antimicrobials, which will add to the problem d a the treatment of STIs. On the other hand STIs is also a co-factor of HIV infection, thereby increasing cases of sexually transmitted infections could allow an increase in cases of HIV infection and AIDS (Edy Widodo, 2009). An increased incidence of STIs and HIV/AIDS as well as the distribution of diesel uruh world can not be estimated precisely. STIs again brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Udinus Repo