The Influence of Social Media WhatsApp Group as an Educational Media on Knowledge of Breast Self Examination (SADARI) of Adolescent Women of SMA Negeri 1 Kongbeng

Abstract

Background: Detection of breast cancer by carrying out a clinical breast examination (SADANIS) at a health service and being able to carry out a breast self-examination (BSE) at home is easy and practical. Data in Indonesia estimates that there are 100 new sufferers per 100,000 population every year. This means that out of a population of 237 million, there are around 237,000 new cancer sufferers every year. About 2.2% of deaths of all ages are caused by malignant cancer. The prevalence of tumors/cancer in Indonesia is 1.4 per 1000 population. Empirical data also shows that the prevalence of cancer increases with age, but young age does not guarantee safety from breast cancer. The highest prevalence of breast cancer in Indonesia is in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, namely 2.4%, followed by East Kalimantan Province at 1.0% and West Sumatra at 0.9%. Meanwhile in North Sumatra province it was 0.4%. For the province of East Kalimantan, the dominant prevalence of breast cancer sufferers in city districts is in Kutai Kartanegara district with a prevalence of 12%, followed by Samarinda city with 4.7% and Balikpapan city with 3.7%. Objective: To determine the influence of the WhatsApp social media group as an educational medium on the knowledge of breast self-examination (SADARI) of adolescents Putri. Method: The research used in this research was a quasi-experimental design in the form of a one-group pretest and posttest with a sampling technique using a total sampling of 39 respondents. Results: The results of the Paired T Test statistical test on the SPSS Ver.25 program showed that the average value of the level of knowledge before the health education was carried out was 60.77 and after the health education was carried out the average value of the level of knowledge after the health education was carried out was 83.59 and P-Value < α where P-Value (0.000). < α (0.05). Conclusion: it can be concluded that there is an influence of WhatsApp group social media in increasing the knowledge of young women regarding breast self-examination (BSE). Suggestion: it is recommended that teachers provide health education regarding breast self-examination (BSE) to teenagers at SMA Negeri 1 Kongbeng.