The effect of education with audiovisual, booklet, and Whatsapp media on knowledge and attitude of fertile age in doing early detection of IVA test in Medan, North Sumatra

Cervical cancer becomes a cause of high maternal mortality. To prevent it can be done by screening Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (IVA). The aim to analyze the effect of education applying the Health Belief Model using the audiovisual, booklet, WhatsApp media on knowledge and attitudes in conducting IVA examinations. The study used a quasi-experimental (two-group pre-post test without a control group). The sample were women of childbearing age who had never done an IVA examination before using purposive sampling with a sample size of 100 respondents, which were divided into 2 treatment groups, namely group 1 with audiovisual and booklets, and group 2 with WhatsApp. Health education used audiovisual, booklets and WhatsApp media. Data analyzed using a paired sample t-test. The results showed that there was an effect of education using audiovisual, booklets and WhatsApp media on the knowledge and attitude of early detection to do an IVA test. Increased knowledge, attitudes, health trust greater than before treatment. External variables such as age, education, occupation, income, prior information, and affordability of the IVA Test early detection site influence attitudes in improving behavior.