Effect of Method of Health Promotion of Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Kader on Cervical Cancer Early Detection
ABSTRACT: Background: Cervical cancer is the second cause of death among women in Indonesia. Prevention of cervical cancer can be performed by screening. It is necessary to achieve good coverage of screening by increasing the knowledge of hazards, risk factors, prevention and screening. Objective: Comparing the effectiveness of health promotion methods to improve the knowledge and attitude of community health workers about cervical cancer screening. Methods: Quasi Experimental. Subjects were community health workers in Gedongtengen district. The intervention was lay ment concerning cervical cancer screening either followed by leaflet or not. The outcomes were assessed using pre-test and post-test. Questionnaire consist of 30 knowledge and 19 attitude valid and reliable questions due to Pearson correlation tests. The statistical tests used were Wilcoxon, Mann Whitney test, Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis. Location:Gedongtengen District, Yogyakarta Results: From 128 respondents, lay ment either followed by leaflet or not, increased the knowledge and attitude of community health workers significantly (p = 0.000), but the increment was not significantly different among two groups (p = 0.175 and p = 0.768). Family income affects the increment of knowledge with negative correlation (p=0,006). Education affects the increment of attitude with negative correlation (p=0,009). Conclusion:Lay ment either followed by leaflet or not was not different in increasing knowledge and attitude of community health workers.
