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Keywords: Smokeless tobacco, women, India, GATS

1693 Effect of A Media Exposures to Leading Stigma Among Adolescent 15-24 Years

Old to People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Indonesia (The 2017 Indonesian
Demographic and Health Survey Data Analysis)

Novaditya Ayuhandayani, Dyah Utari

Veteran National Development University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

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2. Population Census/Survey, Vital Registration, and Big Data

Abstract

Stigma among adolescent to PLWHA is caused by adolescent can access many media but tend to accept an
information that not clearly true so it will inhibit to handle HIV/AIDS in healthcare. This study aims to know effect of
media exposures to leading stigma among adolescent 15-24 years old to PLWHA. This study use The 2017 IDHS
data which was a Cross Sectional design study. The number respondents were 19.878 adolescents. Variables that
examined are radio, television, newspaper/magazine, flyer/poster, health professional, religion, school/teacher,
community meeting, friend/relative, workplace, internet, book, and seminar. Data analysis is used bivariate analysis
with Chi Square and multivariate analysis with logistic regression. The result of the study showed that there is a
relationship between radio (p -value=0,002, POR=1,199), television (p -value=<0,001, POR=1,221),
Newspaper/magazine (p -value=<0,001, POR=1,305), health professional (p -value =0,002, POR=1,159),
school/teacher (p -value =<0,001, POR=1,135), community meeting (p -value=<0,001, POR=1,387), internet (p-
value=<0,001, POR=1,265) and, seminar (p -value=<0,001, POR=1,793) with stigma. Multivariate analysis result
showed that the most influential media related to stigma is seminar after controlled by radio. Media information
needs improvement and access of HIV/AIDS information should be equitable so they can behave not to be
stigmatized to PLWHA.

1392 Substance use disorder among research scholars in India: Evidence from a
survey of three Indian universities

Mohd Usman
International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

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10. Special population groups (Youth, Persons with Disability, etc.)

Abstract

Substance use – defined by the consumption of alcohol, smoking, and smokeless tobacco - has been identified as
a serious health hazard in India. Although, previous research has recognized substance use as an important factor
leading to premature death and disease in the world, limited efforts have been made to understand the prevalence
and determinants of substance use among research scholars in developing countries like-India. A cross sectional
survey was conducted in three central universities of India, to determine the prevalence and correlates of substance
use among research scholars. Results indicate that around 14 percent of the scholars consume alcohol at least once
a week, 34 percent of scholars smoke at least once a day and 25 percent of scholars consume smokeless tobacco
at least once a day. Multivariate analysis revealed that sex, household members’ alcohol use status, being a day

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