Increasing mothers' knowledge of cervical cancer risk through peer group health education with "PinKa" method.

The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of peer group health education in attempt to increase mothers' knowledge of cervical cancer Risk. Quasi experimental design with non-equivalent control group was used as the design of this study. A total of 128 mothers at risk of developing cervical cancer from Surya Indah and Beringin Indah Pangkalan Kuras, Pelalawan were chosen as samples using stratified random sampling technique. The results of this study showed a score increase up to 40.70% with p value 0.0000 (p<0.05) in the experimental group after the group received health education with "PinKa" method. The conclusion is that a health education increases mothers' knowledge about cervical cancer. Therefore, health education about cervical cancer is recommended to improve the awareness of cervical cancer so that cervical cancer can be detected earlier and its risks can be minimized.