HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP TERHADAP TINDAKAN WANITA PEKERJA SEKSUAL TIDAK LANGSUNG TENTANG PAP SMEAR DAN IVA SEBAGAI DETEKSI DINI KANKER SERVIKS DI HOTSPOT X KECAMATAN PAYUNG SEKAKI PEKANBARU

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Cervical cancer is a malignant cell which lives in cervical cells. Cervical
cancer is in the second most common cancer after breast cancer in Indonesia.
Based on the fact, indirect female sex worker have high risk factor of getting
cervical cancer. Only 5% of women in Indonesia who already have tested cervical
cancer early detection. The aim of this research is to find out the correlation
between knowledge and attitude toward the action of indirect female sex worker
about Pap smears and IVA as the early detetction of cervical cancer in hotspot X
Payung Sekaki district Pekanbaru. This research is conducted by using analytic
cross sectional method and total sampling method for taking the sample and it
uses questionnaire. There are 32 respondents in this research which most of them
are lack of knowledge (78,1%), negative attitude (75%), and willing to do cervical
cancer early detection (96,9%). Writer finds that there is a correlation between
the knowledge toward the attitude (p=0,00). In other hands, there is no
correlation between knowledge toward the act (p=0,607) and attitude toward the
act (p=0,572). The conclusion of this research is most of the female sex worker in
hotspot X Payung Sekaki district Pekanbaru have bad knowledge, negative
attitude, but have a positive practice towards servical cancer early detection.
Keywords: knowledge, attitude, practice, indirect female sex worker