Abstract

Abstract. Voluntary Counseling Testing(VCT) services has higher priority because of HIV-AIDS epidemic in Indonesia is growing faster. Hiv have some impacts to mother and her child or children such as social Stigma, discrimination, morbidity and maternal mortality. The aim of this study are finding out the effect of stigma to the participation of pregnant mothers in VCT service. This study used analytic correlational method using a cross sectional design. The subjects consisted of 54 pregnant mothers who participated VCT service in Puskesmas Sawan I in November to December 2013. The data were collected with a structured interview guide and were analyzed by fisher exact test. The result showed that there was a very significant influence between stigma with participation of pregnant mother to VCT. Therefore suggested that frequency and quality of communication, information, and education must be more intensively, support from the health worker and community about the importance of VCT to pregnant mother must be enhancing. Keywords : Stigma, Preganant Mother, HIV-AIDS, VCT