Analysis of the relationship between the health belief model to bse behavior in women of reproductive age

Abstract

Breast cancer is a serious and frightening threat to women. Breast self-examination (BSE) is a healthy behavior for detecting breast cancer. However in reality, awareness of performing BSE is still lacking. In fact, many women seek healthcare facilities when breast cancer has reached an advanced stage. According to the Health Belief Model (HBM), healthy behavior can be determined by perceptions of severity, susceptibility, benefits, and barriers. Therefore, the HBM theory can identify perceptions supporting women's behavior change. This study aims to determine the relationship between perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers to BSE behavior in women of reproductive age in the Wirogunan Sub-District. This study used an analytic cross-sectional design. This research was conducted in February-March 2023. Subjects were selected using the cluster sampling technique as many as 94 women of reproductive age. The results showed that 59.6% of the respondents did not do BSE. The results of data analysis using Chi Square showed that there was no relationship between the perceived severity of BSE behavior with a p-value of 0.77 > 0.05, there was no relationship between the perceived susceptibility to BSE behavior with a p-value of 0.64 > 0.05, there was a relationship between the perceived benefits of BSE behavior with a p-value of 0.02 < 0.05, there was a relationship between perceived barriers to BSE behavior with a p-value of 0.00 < 0.05. In conclusion, there is a significant relationship between perceived benefits and perceived barriers to BSE behavior. Keyword: Health Belief Model BSE behavior Women of reproductive age This open access article is under the CC-BY-SA license.