DETERMINAN YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN TINDAKAN SADARI PADA MAHASISWI DI FAKULTAS KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT UNIVERSITAS MULAWARMAN

Abstract

World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that as much as 8 to 9 per cent of women suffering from breast cancer and 84 million people died from cancer between 2005-2015. The high incidence and fatality rate of cancer could be minimized with prevention especially implemented by adolescents with healthy educational backgrounds. The exposures during adolescence known more critical than adult exposures in the development of breast cancer, and the preventive care of the breast programs such as breast self-examination (BSE) should also focus on youth. This study aimed to determine the association between knowledge, attitude, information exposure and health workers support with BSE as early detection of breast cancer in students at the Faculty of Public Health, Mulawarman University. This was an observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The subjects were 114 female students were chosen by purposive sampling. Data was collected by online questionnaire and analyzed using chi-square test. The study showed that there was a significant association between information exposure with BSE (p-value <0,001), but there were no significant association between knowledge with BSE (p-value 0,775), no significant association between health worker support with BSE (p-value 0,775). The results of this study indicate that the majority of respondents have done BSE, but more than half of respondents still did not routinely do BSE, and as much as 41.2 per cent of respondents have never done BSE.