The behavior of fertile women in rural areas toward the acetic acid visual inspection

Most patients diagnosed with cervical cancer in Indonesia are at an advanced stage. Therefore, it is important to do early detection of cervical cancer. Maternal and Child Clinic at health clinics in Lampung stated that the coverage of acetic acid visual inspection test was smaller than the target of 10% per year. The purpose of this research was to know the risk factors related to the behavior of women of fertile age in acetic acid visual inspection test.

This research was designed using analytic analysis with a cross-sectional approach. The study population was all fertile women who became the target of acetic acid visual inspection test at a health clinic in Pringsewu Regency, Lampung Province, Indonesia and the multiple logistic regression was employed to examine the relationship.

Results of the test showed that the p-values of knowledge, attitude, family support, perception, and medics support were 0.002, 0.037, 0.037, 0.731, 0.9333 respectively on the behavior of women in a fertile age in acetic acid visual inspection test implying that knowledge variable is the most dominant variable.