The Effect of Demonstration Method on Breast Self-Examination in Young Women at SMAN 1 Telaga Biru

Fatmah Zakaria (Lecturer at Health Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Rizky Nikmathulhusna Ali (Lecturer at Health Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Olis Datau (Health Education Faculty Student, Universitas Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)

Journal of Community Health Provision
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Community Health Provision

This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Telaga Biru. The aim was to determine the effect of the demonstration method on breast self-examination in adolescent girls. This research method used an experimental design with a pre-experimental one group pre-test-posttest design. The sample in this study were 56 respondents. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon sign rank test. The results showed that Pvalue = 0.000 which means it is smaller than = 0.05. Thus, there is a difference between breast self-examination conducted by young women before and after being given the demonstration method. It is said that there is an effect of the demonstration method on breast self-examination in adolescent girls at SMAN 1 Telaga Biru.