LITERATURE REVIEW: HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGETAHUAN, SELF-EFFICACY, DAN DUKUNGAN TEMAN PADA WANITA PEKERJA SEKSUAL (WPS) DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN INFEKSI MENULAR SEKSUAL (IMS).

Background: Sexually transmitted or more commonly known to people as venereal disease is called the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). Female Sexual Workers (FSW) of childbearing age are a group at risk of STD because of their sexual behavior but lack special government attention. Purpose: Analyze the relationship between knowledge, selftransparency, and friend support of the FSW with STD prevention behavior. Methods: The study is a library search, using Google scholar search applications, published and other electronic journals with key words of sexually transmitted infection and sexual working women, full text, quantitative and woritative research methods, and research articles published in Indonesian and English over the last five years (2017 to 2021) are the inklational criteria for the review of the research journal election. Results: There is a significant link between knowledge and priesthood prevention behavior, self-defining acy with ims prevention behavior, and social support friends with STD prevention behaviors. Conclusion: There is a significant link between knowledge, self-temperance, and social support in women with STD prevention behaviors, followed by research on the FSW with variables - variables that fit the true state of Semarang. It is hoped that the Semarang city government will set out a policy specifically for the FSW regarding STD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]