CORRELATION OF HUSBAND'S KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT TO IVA TEST BEHAVIOR IN WOMEN OF FERTILE AGE COUPLES IN NAMORAMBE VILLAGE, NAMORAMBE SUB DISTRICT IN 2017

Abstract

One of the cervical cancer screening can be done with visual inspection of acetic acid (IVA Test). In
Indonesia, almost 70% of cervical cancers were found in advanced stages (> stage II B). This is due to the
low level of screening, which was <5% where ideally was 80%. This research is to find out the correlation
between husband's knowledge and support to IVA test behavior in women of fertiled age couples. This type
of research was analytic descriptive with cross sectional design carried out in Namorambe Village,
Namorambe sub district. The population used in the study were all women of fertiled age who live in
Namorambe village. Samples were taken by simple random sampling of 58 respondents. Data collection
using questionnaires and data analyzed univariate and bivariate using Fisher Exact statistical tests. The
results of statistical analysis showed that knowledge’s level of the respondents was mostly in less category of
24 people (41.4%), husband's support for IVA test behavior was at less category of 39 people (67.2%), the
most respondents did not do IVA test of 45 people (77.6 %). In bivariate analysis, with p-value of 0.001
<0.05, it was concluded that there was significant correlation between knowledge with IVA examination
behavior, and with a p-value of 0.04 <0.05. It was concluded that there was correlation between husband's
support and IVA examination behavior. It was need to increase knowledge about cervical cancer and IVA
test through education by health workers through the promotion of reproductive health.