Influence of Health Counseling with Media Leaflets on Women of Childbearing Age (WUS): Knowledge and Attitude to Conduct PAP Smear at Midwifery Poly in RSPAD Gatot Soebroto Jakarta

Raidanti, Dina and Wijayanti, Rina and Wahidin, Wahidin Influence of Health Counseling with Media Leaflets on Women of Childbearing Age (WUS): Knowledge and Attitude to Conduct PAP Smear at Midwifery Poly in RSPAD Gatot Soebroto Jakarta. Influence of Health Counseling with Media Leaflets on Women of Childbearing Age (WUS): Knowledge and Attitude to Conduct PAP Smear at Midwifery Poly in RSPAD Gatot Soebroto Jakarta, 4 (3). ISSN 2632-9433

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Abstract

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women, about 90% of deaths or as many as 270,000 due to cervical cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. The low level of knowledge about cervical cancer is generally associated with the high incidence of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the cancers that can be prevented from an early age with a Pap smear. Limited access to accurate information is one of the causes of the high cases of cervical cancer in Indonesia. Another cause is the lack of awareness to do early detection. As a result, most of the cases found have entered an advanced stage and led to death. Knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age to perform Pap smear examinations were studied using a quasi-design experimental design with the type of one group pre-test post-test design. Sampling using a purposive sampling technique. The results of the study based on the knowledge and attitudes of 35 respondents before and after counseling obtained a p-value of 0.000. Knowledge can be the cause or motivation of a person to behave and behave, which can be the basis for the formation of actions taken

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