Introduction: Women's choice to undergo vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is shaped by a multitude of factors. This study seeks to investigate the differences of intentions and attitudes toward the HPV vaccine and its effect size among women categorized into three groups based on their level of self-efficacy. Methods: As many as 441 respondents were selected using the consec…
Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) but it can be reduced by HPV infection. The aimed of this study was to explore perception and knowledge about HPV, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in Ciranjang West Java, Indonesia. This was a cross sectional study of 90 adult female in Ciranjang, West Java, Indonesia. A 31 item self-report questionnaire was completed in this study. The re…
Background: Women’s ignorance of cervical cancer risk factors has caused low participation in the screening of the disease. Women can independently assess cervical cancer risk factors in themselves through a risk assessment instrument. However, no instruments were found that assessed cervical cancer risk based on the characteristics of Indonesian women. Purpose: This study aimed to develop a…
Cervical cancer is one of the cancer types that become a haunting danger for many women in the world. In Indonesia, the prevalence rate reached 0.8% or an estimated 98,692 patients. Its prevalence increased to 10% in the commercial sex worker group. This study aimed to explain the effect of health promotion on knowledge and intention for early detection of cervical cancer using the inspection o…
Introduction: Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fifth most common cause of death caused by cancer following other types of cancer (Parkin, Louie & Clifford, 2008). In Malaysia, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the fourth most prevalent cause of death (Parkin et al., 2010; Ministry of Health, Malaysia, MOH, 2006). Many studies indicated that knowledge of cervical c…
Most of the cervical cancer patients suffer from psychological effects and depression. The aim of this research is to identify the effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT) to decrease levels of depression on women with cervical cancer. The method is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. This research involves 30 respondents that were taken by purposive …