DOI: 10.5176/2315-4330_WNC19.268
Authors: Fitri Ayatul Azlina
Abstract: The increasing incidence of cervical cancer in the world needs to be taken into account by all governments. Screening tests can provide earlier indications of the possibility of women having cervical cancer. There is a relation between the willingness of women to undergo screening tests for cervical cancer and the risk of contracting cervical cancer. The low awareness of cervical screening among women and their families is due to lack of knowledge and selfefficacy. This research was conducted to identify the effectiveness of the FEMALE health education package on the self-efficacy of women in the Banjarbaru Selatan District, Banjarbaru City. The quasi-experimental pre-post test with control group design was used. Data was collected from 428 housewives, with 213 in the control and 215 in the intervention groups respectively. A questionnaire general self-efficacy (GSE) scale was used. The results showed that there was a significant difference before and after intervention in self-efficacy in women (p = 0.000) in the intervention group which is also different from respondent’s self-efficacy in the control group. This study recommends that nurses could use this package to educate women in the
community in order to improve the coverage of cervical cancer screening.
Keywords: FEMALE health education package, self-efficacy, cervical cancer screening.
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