ABSTRACT
Each year, cases about breast cancer are increasing rapidly. In Indonesia,
proportion of breast cancer is reaching up to 28.7%. This highest score of breast
cancer and its cases occurs because woman's lack of awareness in breast changing of
its appearence until it's too late too be solved in higher stadium. One of the best way
to reduce the case of breast cancer is by doing breast self examination (SADARI).
This research is aimed to find the correlation between woman's knowledge
about breast self examination (SADARI) and breast cancer with breast self
examination practically on the students of private senior high school "Persatuan Amal
Bakti 2 Helvetia Kabupaten Deli Serdang" in 2014. Based on its method, this
research is an analytical survey by using cross sectional approach. Population of this
research is 93 female students of grade-X and grade-XI in private school of Persatuan
Amal Bakti 2 Helvetia Kabupaten Deli Serdang. All this population are functioned as
sample.
The result of data analysis shows that most of respondents do the breast self
examination (SADARI) as 74.2 %. The knowledge about SADARI is less than
50.5%, and the knowledge about breast cancer is less than 44,1%. The result of his
research by using chi-square shows that there is a correlation about the knowledge of
breast self examination (SADARI) with the practice of breast self examination
(SADARI) as p=0.009. The knowledge about breast cancer has the correlation with
breast self examination in practice as p = 0.011.
Encouraged to include a biology teacher gives knowledge about breast self
examination and breast cancer when it is in the process of teaching and learning that
is about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, breast cancer risk factors, things to
consider when doing breast self examination at the right time.
Keywords: Breast Cancer, and Breast Self Examination (SADARI)