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MANDATORY PRE-MARITAL HIV SCREENING FOR MUSLIM

Components of change related to this issue are...

1)IDENTITY OF CHANGE:
-This pre-marital HIV screening is firstly done at Johor in 2001. According to Cawangan Penyakit Bawaan Vektor Negeri Johor, marriage application in Johor rose 2.8% in 2004 compared with 2002. This programme shows that it had partly contributed to public awareness against HIV and also shows that the couples are more confident to marry their partner.

2)LEVEL OF CHANGE:
- It includes all level of the society which are differ in age, status, sex andso on especially for the muslim couples whose getting married.

3)DURATION OF CHANGE:
- Johor was the first state starts to apply this programme in 2001.
- It then was followed by a few states like Sarawak, Kelantan and Selangor then in 2009 it was mandatory to all states in Malaysia.
- It was defer from each state

4)MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE:
- It was comprehensive
- Acccepted by all muslims but not by non muslims

5)RATE OF CHANGE:
- It was slow but continuous change throughout the states
- It can be seen by the enforcement made by the government to all states

SOURCES/ VARIABLES OF CHANGE...

1)IDEOLOGY:
- The government have think positively and come out with this HIV screening test on how to reduce and curb the HIV risk behaviour among the couples and for those who wants to get married.

2)TECHNOLOGY:
- The technology that Malaysia has nowadays make the public and society feel confident and safe to go to any government hospitals or clinics to make HIV screening test.
- It also lesser in term of time, procedure and no payment is needed.

3)STRUCTURAL STRAINS:
- Different opinions between parents and their children that will getting married had caused the conflict. This is because most of teenagers afraid to go for HIV test.
- The conflict also arises between the spouses that their children had been found positive to HIV.
- Other than that, there is also case which the person faced his own conflict because he found to be HIV positive for no reasons or fault. This will lead to the structural strains.

This issue was plan by the government. The justification is because, the government had done something which is very useful to the teenagers, parents, future husband and wife and for the whole society. This program done because of the high rate of social problems as well as HIV infection among them. This program will make sure that the Musims couples are safe and healthy enough to get married.