Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women aged 15-44 years. Cervical cancer is ranked second after breast cancer, which is 36,633 cases or 17.2% of all cancers in women. This number has a high mortality rate of 21,003 deaths or 19.1% of all deaths due to cancer. The high incidence of cervical cancer in Indonesia is influenced by the low coverage of screening. Lack of awareness of attitudes to carry out early detection of cervical cancer and most patients come to hospitals/health centers already in an advanced stage. The health promotion method with the health education method is expected to increase a person's motivation to get health services. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cervical cancer health education on the motivation for pap smear examinations in women of childbearing age at PMB Ni Komang Susilawati, S.Keb. This study uses a pre-experimental research type with a one group pre-test-posttest design, namely this study only uses one intervention group. The intervention group is the group that was tested (examined before and after). Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Test. The results of the statistical test showed that there was a difference in motivation for pap smear examinations before and after being given health education about cervical cancer in women of childbearing age with a p-value of 0.001 (
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