Female Sex Worker Behaviour against the Risk of HIV and AIDS Transmission in Ambon City Kalmia1, Ngatimin H.M. Rusli1, Rachmat Muhammad1 1Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km. 10, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Kota, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, 90245, Indonesia Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract HIV and AIDS are two of the health problems that threaten human life in all countries. This study aims to obtain information on the behaviour of female sex workers (WPS) against the risk of HIV and AIDS transmission in Ambon City. This research is qualitative with phenomenology design. The number of informants is 9 people consisting of regular informants and key informants. The obtain information for data collection used in-depth interviews. The results showed that the knowledge of female sex workers on HIV and AIDS can only be transmitted through sex and can be prevented by using condoms during sexual transactions. The workers agree with the usage of condom. However, the usage of condom is not practised by all sexual workers with their customers, especially towards their boyfriends. Only certain workers are consistently using condoms with customers during sexual transactions. Health workers have conducted socialization on HIV and AIDS as well as regular health checks for the sexual workers. Nevertheless, there are some workers who do not follow or conduct the examination. For these sexual workers, it is important for them to earn a lot of money to run their daily lives despite the risk of HIV and AIDS is known. Top Keywords AIDS, HIV, prevention, risk, sexual workers. Top |