RELATIONSHIP OF REPRODUCTIVE WOMEN’S KNOWLEGDE ON VISUAL INSPECTION OF ACETIC ACID (IVA TEST) WITH IVA BEHAVIOUR TEST

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a malignancy that affects women who are the first for women in developing countries. One way to detect cervical cancer by IVA Test. Inspection IVA is an alternative to pap smear screening for low-cost, practical, very easy to implement and simple equipment and can be done by health workers other than doctors of gynecology. IVA inspection can be done by all health professionals, especially midwives. Need for knowledge because knowledge can determine a person's positive attitude so as to encourage positive behavior. This study aims to determine the relationship of knowledge of reproductive women on visual inspection of acetic acid (IVA test) with IVA behavior test. The method in this study using Qualitative Analytical, where the population is all reproductive women age in the Gunting village Wonosari Klaten districts with 90 of sample reproductive women with probability sampling technique by means of proportional stratified random sampling, research instruments using the enclosed questionnaire using univariate and bivariate analysis. Based on data analysis of respondents who are knowledgeable enough as many as 32 people (34.4%) and the majority of respondents did not do as many as 81 people (90.0%). In the study there is a relationship of fertility women age knowledge on visual inspection of acetic acid (IVA test) with IVA behaviour test. The analysis results obtained of significant results p <0.05 (0.003 <0.05 X2 count> X2 table (11 553> 5,991) with coefficients contingency is 0.337 it means the closeness is low.

Keywords: reproductive women’s knowlegde, IVA test, IVA behaviour