PERCEPTION EFFECT TO CHILDBEARING WOMAN PARTICIPATION IN CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING BY VISUAL INSPECTION WITH ACETIC ACID (VIA) METHOD IN TALANG AUR VILLAGE OGAN ILIR REGENCY

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer is diseases with the highest number of deaths in women worldwide, including Indonesia. There are 16 per 100,000 cases in Indonesia and 797 cases in South Sumatera the province in 2014. Screening methods Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) is one way to prevent cervical cancer. Talang Aur is a village that had participated in screening VIA with 17.5% coverage, however the coverage required is 80%. This study aims to determined the effect of the perception of women about screening VIA in Talang Aur.

Method: The study was cross sectional with a random sample were 84 people child bering women (WUS) at age of 30-50 years.

Result: The analysis showed 88.1% of women who did not participate in screening VIA and 54.8% had unfavorable perception toward screening VIA. There WUS influenced perceptions of participation in screening methods VIA (p value=0.038; PR 5.8: 95% CI 1.164 to 29.57). However, there is no influence perceptions of WUS participation screening VIA (p value=0.427) after controlled by age, occupation, knowledge, and a history of visiting health workers.

Conclusion: There was influence of perception, knowledge, and a history of noting health worker to was participation screening.

Keywords: Perception, cervical cancer screening