Abstrak ___________________________________________________________________ Latar Belakang: Kasus kanker payudara di Puskesmas Mulyoharjo sebanyak 61. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan pengetahuan, sikap dan praktik ibu tentang pencegahan kanker payudara sebelum dan sesudah pemberdayaan kader. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah eksperimen semu, dengan rancangan pretest-posttest control group design. Teknik sampling menggunakan purposive sampling, sampel terdiri dari 30

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... ng kelompok eksperimen dan 30 orang kelompok kontrol. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner pengetahuan, sikap dan praktik tentang pencegahan kanker payudara. Analisis yang digunakan adalah Mc Nemar dan Chi Square. Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukan pengetahuan mengenai pencegahan kanker payudara masing-masing kelompok berbeda secara bermakna (p=0,024), sikap mengenai pencegahan kanker payudara masing-masing kelompok tidak ada perbedaan (p=1,000), dan praktik terhadap pencegahan kanker payudara masing-masing kelompok berbeda secara bermakna (p=0,041). Simpulan: Simpulan penelitian ini adalah pemberdayaan kader berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan dan praktik ibu dalam pencegahan kanker payudara dibandingkan dengan tanpa pemberdayaan kader. Abstract ___________________________________________________________________ Background: Breast cancer cases in Mulyoharjo public health center were 61 cases. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in knowledge, attitudes and practice among mother about breast cancer prevention before and after health volunteers empowerment. Methods: This research is Quasy eksperiment, with pretest-posttest control group design. Sampling technique used was purposive sampling. Sample was consisted of 30 people in experiment group and 30 people in control group. Instruments used were questionnaire of knowledge, attitude and practice about breast cancer prevention. The analysis used in this research were Mc Nemar and chi square. Results: The result showed knowledge about breast cancer prevention of each group was different significantly (p=0,024), attitude about breast cancer prevention of each group was no difference (p=1,000), and practice about breast cancer prevention of each group was different significantly (p=0,041). Conclusion: The conclusion of this research is health volunteers empowerment has influence to increase knowledge and practice in the prevention of breast cancer compared with those who do not health volunteers empowerment.