<p>Kanker serviks merupakan penyakit ganas pada leher rahim, pertumbuhan sel abnormal yang tidak terkendali. Pencegahan menjadi lebih baik bila dilakukan sejak dini yaitu pada masa remaja. Tujuan pengabdian untuk membentuk kader remaja sehat reproduksi serta meningkatkan pengetahuan dan sikap remaja melalui pelatihan. Metode pemecahan masalah, membentuk kader remaja sehat reproduksi melalui pendekatan dan sosialisasi serta pelatihan dan pelantikan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan sikap remaja. Hasil pelatihan sebelum dan sesudah kegiatan pelatihan kader remaja sehat reproduksi (pre test) memiliki pengetahuan kurang 70%, dan sikap kurang 93,3%, setelah pelatihan (post test) pengetahuan menjadi baik 80% dan sikap 83,3%. Pengaruh pelatihan terhadap kader remaja sehat reproduksi terjadi peningkatan nilai rerata pengetahuan sebesar 7,833 dan semua peserta pelatihan berada pada kategori pengetahuan baik 80%.</p>
AIM: This study aims to explore and analyze the effect of empowering women of childbearing age through the participatory action research method on cervical cancer prevention.
SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was qualitative and quantitative approaches.
METHODS: A participatory action research approach to empower women of childbearing age and a quantitative pre-test and post-test without control approach was used to assess the changes that occur. Statistical analysis used: Paired t-test, to find out the mean difference before and after empowerment. Empowerment affects social changes in women of childbearing age in the prevention of cervical cancer. The Perwiritan and Moria groups not only carry out religious activities but also socialization and cervical cancer prevention campaigns.
RESULTS: The results showed that empowerment had an effect on increasing the average score of knowledge, attitudes, and actions of women of childbearing age in preventing cervical cancer (p < 0.05).
DISCUSSION: Empowerment of women of childbearing age is very effective in creating awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and actions in cervical cancer prevention. Empowerment can also be done for women in other communities.
CONCLUSION: There is an increase in understanding of women of childbearing age and the situation in which PAR is carried out because of the emergence of change agents among women of childbearing age who continue to have dialectics.
Cervical cancer is a public health problem, one of the non-communicable diseases and many cause of death in women, both in the world and in Indonesia. Cervical cancer is second in terms of cancer in women after breast cancer, the incidence rate is still high even though there is an early detection / screening program for cervical cancer. This study aims to determine the determinants associated with the detection of cervical cancer. Analytic observational research design with cross sectional approach. The population in this study were all WUS in the III environment of Kwala Bekala Sub-District, Medan Johor District and the sample was 85 married respondents with a sampling technique of Accidental Sampling. The data obtained were processed using the Chi-square statistical test with α = 0.05. Univariate analysis results, age> 35 years 50 (58.8%), secondary education 54 (63.5%), not working 67 (78.8%), low income 73 (85.9%), having good knowledge 31 (36.5%), mothers found the cost of early detection of cervical cancer very expensive 57 (67.1%), and received support from husbands 62 (72.9%). Chi-square statistical test results: there was a significant relationship between education (p = 0.002), employment, income and financing (p = 0,000), to early detection of cervical cancer with p <α = 0.05. Implementation of early detection of cervical cancer can involve a husband, community leaders or religious leaders to increase knowledge and attitudes of WUS.
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