Effect of Health Education on Mother's Knowledge of Human Papilloma Virus in Prevention of Cervical Cancer in Kairatu Village, West Seram District

Cervical cancer is a primary cancer of the cervix originating from epithelial metaplasia in the squamous columnar junction (SSK) which is the transition area of ​​the vaginal mucosa and cervical canal mucosa. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education on mothers' knowledge about the human papilloma virus in preventing cervical cancer in Kairatu Village, West Seram District. This study used quasi-experimental methods, with a one group pre-post test approach. The data analysis used was univariate analysis and bivariate analysis using paired sample t test statistics with significance (α = 0.05). The research results found in this study were respondents with good knowledge before being given Health Education as many as 2 people (2.1%) and respondents with good knowledge after being given Health Education as many as 77 people (80.2%). Then respondents with sufficient knowledge before being given Health Education were 27 people (28.1%) and respondents with sufficient knowledge after being given Health Education decreased, namely 19 people (19.8%). Meanwhile, respondents with less knowledge before being given Health Education were 67 people (69. 8%) and after being given Health Education it decreased. With ρ = 0.000 or ρ < 0.05. the effect of HE between t count and t table is t count > t table, meaning that H0 is rejected. Namely, it is known that the calculated t value is 24,240 while in the t table with a significance of 0.05, the degrees of freedom (df) n-1 (96-1 = 95) get the number 1,985. So it can be concluded that H0 is rejected, meaning that there is an influence between before and after being given HE. concluded So it can be concluded that H0 is rejected, meaning that there is an influence between before and after being given HE. concluded So it can be concluded that H0 is rejected, meaning that there is an influence between before and after being given HE. It was concluded statistically that there was a significant effect on the mother's knowledge about the Human Papilloma Virus in preventing cervical cancer before and after being given Health Education in Kairatu village.

Keywords: Cervical cancer knowledge, health education, human papilloma virus