Abstract:
One of the method in early detection of cervical cancer is pap smear. Pap smear is a cervical examination method by taking ephitelial cells in cervix to examinated through a microscope for detect pre-cancerous and cancerous. Public and individual awareness has an important role in the prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment. This shows that the level of awareness of housewifes is still less to do a pap smear. In this study, using a correlational analytic design with a cross sectional design approach. The population in this study were all housewifes aged 20-35 years old in Kutorejo Village Pandaan District Pasuruan Regency. Samples were taken using a non-probability sampling of technique of purposive sampling with a total of 35 respondents. The independent variable is the level of awareness and the dependent variable is the implementation of the pap smear examination. Data were collected using a questionnaire with a likert scale, then data analysis using chi square. The results of the chi square test show that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, which means that there is a relationship between the level of awareness and the implementation of pap smear examination to housewife, which is indicated by the value of ρ value (0,000) < α (0,05), with a strong correlation level shown by the correclation coefficient value of 0,707. The direction of the relationship between variables is the same direction as indicated by a positive sign on the correlation coefficient, meaning that the better the awareness, the implementation of the pap smear examination will also be carried out. Most of the respondents have good awareness and have had a pap smear examination.
