Abstract
Background: Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Using hormonal contraception is thought to be a factor that increases the risk of breast cancer. Breast cancer prevention can be done with early detection by doing breast self-exsamination (BSE).
 Objective: To analyze the factors that associated with BSE behavior on hormonal contraseptive acceptors at Temanggung Health Center area. 
 Methods: This research is an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The population of this study were all acceptors of hormonal contraception at the Temanggung Health Center in January-November 2021, a total of 204 people. The research sample was 135 respondents was taken by simple random sampling. The data were collected by using a questionnaire which was filled in directly by the respondent. The data analysis used software statistics with the Chi-Square test. 
 Result and discussion: The factors related to BSE behaviour on hormonal contraceptive acceptors are perceived susceptibility (p-value 0.048), perceived benefits (p-value 0.000), cues to action (p-value 0.006), and self-efficacy (p-value 0.001). Meanwhile, perceived severity (p-value 0.551) and perceived barriers (p-value 0.071) were not related to BSE behaviour. Requires efforts to increase information and education about breast cancer and BSE, especially in risk groups such as hormonal contraceptives acceptors.
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