HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN KANKER SERVIKS PADA MAHASISWI TINGKAT III SEMESTER 6 ITEKES BALI Na ma Peneliti : Ni Luh Made Ayuk Permata Sari Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi Dan Kesehatan Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTARK Latar belakang : World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) mengestimasi tedapat 18,1 juta kasus kanker dan 9,6 juta kematian akibat kanker, jumlah tersebut meningkat cukup signifikan dan penyakit kanker serviks menempati peringkat ketiga sebagai pe nyebab kematian wanita di dunia. Peningkatan tersebut dinilai terjadi akibat kurangnya kesadaran masyarakat untuk melakukan pencegahan melalui vaksinasi. Tujuan : u ntuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat pengetahuan dan perilaku pencegahan kanker serviks pada mahasiswi tingkat III semester 5 ITEKES Bali. Metode : Desain penelitian ini menggunakan a nalitik korelatif, dengan pendekatan cross - sectional . Jumlah sampel sebanyak 163 responden, yang diambil menggunakan teknik non probability dengan metode total sampel . Teknik analisa data menggunakan uji pearson correlation . Hasil : Hasil penelitian men unjukan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan tentang kanker serviks tergolong tinggi (74.2 %) sedangkan untuk perilaku pencegahan kanker serviks tergolong positif (88.3 %). Ha sil uji bivariat terhadap n = 163 menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan yang bersifat positif dan memiliki kekuatan lemah antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan perilaku pencegahan kanker serviks , r=0.012, p - value = 0.878 > α - level 0.05. Kesimpulan : tidak terdapat h ubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan perilaku pencegahan pada mahasiswi tingkat III semester 5 ITEKES Bali. Kata Kunci : Tingkat Pengetahuan, Perilaku Pencegahan, Kanker Serviks

THE CORRELATION OF KNOWLEDGE LEVEL AND BEHAVIOR OF CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION ON THIRD LEVEL STUDENTS IN FIVE SEMESTER ITEKES BALI Ni Luh Made Ayuk Permata Sari Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Program Institute of Health Sciences Bali Email: [email protected] ABST RACT Background : World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) estimates that there are 18.1 million cases of cancer and 9.6 million deaths from cancer, this number has increased significantly and cervical cancer ranks third as a cause of death for women in the world. The increase is considered to occur due to the lack of public awareness to prevent through vaccination. Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of knowledge level and behavior of cervical cancer preventio n on third level students in five semester ITEKES Bali Method : This study employed analytical correlation design with cross - sectional approach. The sample were 163 respondents which selected by using non - probability technique with total sample method. The data were analyzed by using pearson correlation test. Results : The results showed that the knowledge level about cervical cancer was relatively high (74.2%) whereas for behavior of cervical cancer prevention was positive (88.3%). Bivariate test results for n = 163 showed that there was no significant positive and we ak correlation between knowledge level and behavior of cervical cancer prevention, r = 0.012, p - value = 0.878> α - level 0.05. Keywords : Knowledge Level, Prevention Behavior, Cervical Cancer