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Abstract

The national program for early detection of cervical cancer by VIA has been supported by BPJS Kesehatan,
but its utilization remains low. The utilization of VIA in Semarang City was only 1.7% in 2017. The purpose of this
study was to analyze the factors related to the utilization of VIA by JKN-KIS participants. This study used quantitative
methods with cross-sectional approach. The research location was in Banyumanik Subdistrict with 100 women
of childbearing age, active participants of JKN-KIS who were married. Data analysis used Chi-square and multiple
logistic regression. The results showed that the majority of respondents had not utilized VIA (87%), had less
knowledge (56%), unfavorable attitude (57%), good access (55%), less social support (56%), low perceived vulnerability
(56%), high perceived severity (52%), low perceived benefits (58%), and high perceived barriers (61%).
Variables related to the utilization of VIA by JKN-KIS participants are knowledge (p=0,000), attitude (p=0,000),
social support (p=0,000), perceived vulnerability (p=0,002), perceived benefits (p=0.006), and perceived barriers
(p=0.003). While the most influential factor is attitude (p=0.04; OR=9.872). Thus, women with an unfavorable
attitude has a probability of 9,872 times to not conduct a VIA test.

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195-203

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

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©2019Nur An Nisaa

DOI

10.30597/mkmi.v15i2.5229

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