Background: HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease that is currently a disease with a high prevalence in Indonesia, with the majority of sufferers in the age range of 25-49 years old. Health education is one of the primary prevention efforts in suppressing the incidence of HIV/AIDS. Currently, there are many media that can be used in delivering health education, such as booklets and telehealth. 

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the most effective media in providing health education on HIV/AIDS prevention behavior in prospective brides based on the health belief model. 

Methods: This study used a type of quantitative study with a quasi-experimental research design with a two-group pre-post test design. The characteristic of this study is to reveal the comparison of causal relationships by involving two groups of subjects: prospective brides who receive health education through telehealth (WhatsApp) and prospective brides who receive health education through booklets. This study has a total sample of 54 respondents, using an accidental sampling technique. This study used the AHBS (AIDS Health Belief Scale) as a 

questionnaire. 

Result: There is a significant difference between health education through telehealth and booklets on HIV / AIDS prevention behavior in prospective brides based on the health belief model, as shown by the Mann-Whitney statistical test with the results of p-value (0.000 <0.05). 

Conclusions: It can be concluded that telehealth media is a fairly effective tool with the resulting N-gain score of 59.8% in delivering health education. Through this research, it is hoped that the Religious Affairs Office Cimahi can use telehealth (WhatsApp) and booklets as a medium for HIV/AIDS health education for prospective brides.

Keywords: Booklet, Health Belief Model, HIV/AIDS, Telehealth

Wulan Novika Ambarsari from Bandung, West Java, Indonesia completed her PhD at the age of 43 years from the Philippine Women’s University, Manila, Philippines. She is the dean of nursing study program, Budi Luhur Institute of Health Sciences, Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia. She has 24 publications that have been cited, and also as a book author, having produced 3 books on maternity and reproductive nursing. She has been serving as a faculty member specializing in maternity in nursing since 2006.