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HEALTH - Indonesian Family Planning Association (IPPA) has a new way to reduce the spread of HIV / AIDS in Indonesia. The method is called social inclusion centered approach to society.
During this time, the procedures for preventing the spread of HIV / AIDS in Indonesia is conducted by individual approach at-risk groups. Risk groups are those who have a high risk of contracting HIV / AIDS, such as sex workers.
Method that emphasizes individual counseling at-risk groups is considered less effective. In fact, after more than 20 years is applied, the number of cases of HIV / AIDS continues to grow.
"We think there must be something wrong. So we try to do social inclusion, an approach so that the public will accept people living with HIV, "said Yudi Supriya as Program Officer for Community Empowerment of Indonesian Family Planning Association (IPPA).
Individual method was born from the belief that a healthy or sick person is determined by the behavior of his own life. But that is forgotten by this method is the person's behavior was strongly influenced by the environment.
The social environment so dominant determinant. Because the human being must interact with its environment.
Weakness individual approach was finally realized by IPPA. Indeed, health problems perceived by the individual suffering from the disease, but the cause is not one hundred per cent comes from the individual.
"It's hard to change behavior if based on the individual health factors. There must be other factors, such as social, "said Yudi to Kompas.com at Wisma PKBI Jakarta.
So, if you want to change behavior, not quite using individual methods. Surrounding communities have to intervene as well.
If people accept people living with HIV, said Yudi, the spread of HIV / AIDS can be prevented. The reason, the behavior of people living with HIV will change so much the better.
For example, Yudi refers to an area that had been denying the existence of transgender people living with HIV. Prior accepted by society, behavior is arguably less suited to local social norms.
"Having met with the local community and agreed to some extent, the behavior of transgender people living with HIV had changed. At first, wearing only ngasal, now so very polite, "said Yudi.
If it is so, social unrest will be reduced. Transgender people living with HIV was also going to continue the good behavior of being accepted by the surrounding environment.
Although it's difficult to persuade people to accept people living with HIV, Yudi optimistic about this method of social inclusion. For some regions already recognize people living with HIV as part of the community. Even the head of the region helped to appreciate the contribution of people living with HIV in the community.
"Over time, people will see that people living with HIV is actually not a bad person. At the end of a variety of stigma on people living with HIV will disappear, "said Yudi.
