The Behavior of Visual Inspection with Acetate Acid (VIA) Test on Women of Childbearing Age in Bima City of West Nusa Tenggara

Cervical cancer is the third highest cause of women mortalities in the world; in Indonesia, it was estimated that every one hour one person died. State burden for handling cervical cancer is quite high. The biggest cause cervical cancer is late for early detection. Visual Inspection with Acetate(VIA) method is an effective and efficient method to be applied to countries with low social determinants and limited human resources. This study aims to obtain about the behavior of VIA test on the WCA who have been given counseling and the tendency of relationship among factors affecting. This research is a qualitative study used Rapid Assessment Procedure (RAP) on 14 people informants WCA who have been given counseling about the cervical cancer detection, married, aged 30 - 50 years, reside in Bima City of West Nusa Tenggara. The results show that 1. The decision to do VIA test tends to be influenced by method, process and evaluation of counseling. 2. Counseling on individual method tends to be more effective than mass counseling. 3. Counseling given when midwives provide counseling and IUD KB installation service tends to be more effective because it can be done simultaneously. 4. Counseling about VIA given tends to increase knowledge but does not necessarily change behavior in VIA test. 5. Other factors that tend to influence the behavior of VIA test on WCA who have been given counseling are perception, motivation, and husband support.