Pengetahuan Dan Dukungan Suami Terhadap Keikutsertaan Pasangan Usia Subur Pada Screening Kanker Leher Rahim Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Tipo

Abstract

ABSTRACT
 
 Prevention of cervical cancer can be done by screening through an inspection of Visual Acetate Acid (IVA). However, the IVA examination at Tipo Community Health Center in 2017 is still low, which is only 72 people out of 1,513 people of Fertile Age Couples (PUS). This study aims to determine the relationship between husband's knowledge and support towards the participation of fertile age couples for cervical cancer screening. The design of this study used Cross Sectional with a population of all PUS aged 15-49 years who came to visit the working area of Tipo Community Health Center. The sample are 54 respondents with Purposive sampling technique. The research data was analyzed by Fisher’s exact test. The results showed that there was no significant relationship between knowledge (p = 0.202) and the participation of PUS in cervical cancer screening. Whereas, the other results showed that there was a significant relationship between husband's support (p = 0.023) and the participation of the PUS for cervical cancer screening. Conclusions, there is a significant relationship between husband's support and the participation of Fertile Age Couples in cervical cancer Screening in the Work Area of Tipo Health Center. Midwives are expected to be able to involve the husband in the socialization event of the importance of IVA examination to PUS
 Keywords : Husband's Knowledge, Support, Cervical Cancer Screening

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“…Meanwhile, the environment plays a role in shaping a healthy lifestyle so that WUS wants to maintain reproductive health and there is a sense of shame and fear when doing the IVA test (Istiyanah Ayuningtiyas and Rospitasari, 2018)The lack of husband's support during the IVA test was due to the absence of counseling on reproductive health for couples of childbearing age who included their husbands. This makes husbands less concerned about the reproductive health of their partners, most husbands assume that the wife's reproductive health is a wife's needs, so that the wife tries to maintain her reproductive health by seeking information on her own through various media of information regarding reproductive health, especially in the VIA examination [26].…”

“…Husband's support is one form of interaction in which there is a relationship that gives and receives real help, this assistance will place the individuals involved in the ISSN: 2722 -4015 http://ijstm.inarah.co.id social system which will ultimately be able to provide love, attention and a sense of attachment to both the social family. nor [26]…”