The Efficacy of Focus Group Discussions in Helping Teenage Female Students

Abstract

Breast cancer ranks first among all cancers that occur in women. One effort to find out the symptoms of breast cancer is by doing BSE (Breast Self-Examination). Data from the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Health Service (2018) recorded that there were 12,023 cases of breast tumors. Suspected breast cancer as many as 3,079. Data from the Sumbawa District Health Service for 2017 recorded that there were 21 cases of tumors/lumps in the breast in 2017. The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of focus group discussions on BSE skills. This research design uses quantitative Pre Experimental using a One Group Pre Test-Post Test design. The population in this study were all young women with a sample size of 30 respondents taken using a simple random sampling technique. The independent variable in this research is the Effectiveness of Focus Group Discussion while the dependent variable is BSE skills. Data analysis uses Spearman Rank. The research results showed that the value of sig (p) = 0.000, α = 0.01, p < α, then H0 was rejected, meaning that there was a very strong influence between the Effectiveness of the Focus Group Discussion on BSE Skills in Young Female Students. The conclusion of this research is that there is a positive relationship and a strong correlation between the level of BSE skills before the FGD and the level of BSE skills after the FGD.