Awareness of breast cancer risk factors and practice of breast self examination among high school students in Turkey

Karayurt, Özgül; Özmen, Dilek; Çetinkaya, Aynur

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-359

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“…These studies were conducted amongst local female university students. Similar findings were shown in Turkey (Karayurt et al, 2008) and Angola (Sambanje, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 74%

Perception of Breast Health amongst Malaysian Female Adolescents

Chin

Coomarasamy²,

Suppayah³

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Malaysia, about one in 19 women being at risk. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and practice of breast self-examination (BSE), as well as knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer amongst female adolescents in Malaysia. Subsequently, relationships between demographic characteristics and knowledge level of BSE, risk factors for breast cancer and BSE practice were assessed. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross sectional survey was conducted using a sample of 500 Malaysian adolescents from the age of 15 to 19 years. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of BSE, knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer and BSE practices. Results: The findings of this study indicated that female adolescents in Malaysia demonstrated an inadequate knowledge level of BSE and risk factors for breast cancer. Only 27.8% of female adolescents performed BSE regularly. BSE practice, knowledge of BSE and knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer showed significant positive relationships. Conclusions: The study highlighted the importance of planning and implementing breast health education programs for female students in secondary schools in Malaysia. It will also provide the health care providers an avenue to stress on the importance of imparting breast health education to adolescents.

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“…These studies were conducted amongst local female university students. Similar findings were shown in Turkey (Karayurt et al, 2008) and Angola (Sambanje, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 74%

Perception of Breast Health amongst Malaysian Female Adolescents

Chin

Coomarasamy²,

Suppayah³

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…The knowledge of breast cancer symptoms and practice of breast self examination is inadequate among women living in the developing countries (Ahmed et al, 2006;Karayurt et al, 2008;Kumar et al, 2009;Khokher et al, 2012;Radi 2013;Ranasinghe et al, 2013). However there is evidence of significant improvement with the educational and awareness activities (Gupta et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The effectiveness of these programs to achieve this objective remains unknown. There are many publications to assess the knowledge level of different groups of women and their attitude towards breast cancer, in the developing countries (Parsa et al, 2005;Parvez and Anwar 2005;Jaffary et al, 2005;Ahmed et al, 2006;Karayurt et al, 2008;Kumar et al, …”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of a Breast Health Awareness Activity on the Knowledge Level of the Participants and its Association with Socio-Demographic Features

Khokher¹,

Qureshi²,

Fatima³

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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The developing countries have higher mortality rates for breast cancer. A reason for this is presentation at advanced stages due to low levels of public awareness. Activities are arranged by health authorities of developing countries to increase the knowledge of women but their effectiveness has not been evaluated in detail. A multiple choice questionnaire with questions about socio-demographic profile and questions about breast cancer knowledge was designed in local language Urdu, to evaluate the knowledge of the participants before and after an audio visual educational activity in Lahore, Pakistan. Scores of 0-2, 3-5 and 6-8 were ranked as poor, fair and good, respectively. Among 146 participants these scores were achieved by 1%, 55% and 45% before activity and 0%, 16% and 84% after the activity. Overall 66% of participants increased their knowledge score. Younger age, higher education, reliance on television as source of information and being a housewife were associated with better impact of the awareness activity. For the six knowledge related questions 3%, 5%, 11%, 23%, 33% and 44% more participants gave correct answers after the activity. However 6% and 7% fewer participants answered correctly for 2 questions related to the cause and the best prevention for breast cancer. The study indicated that awareness activities are effective to increase the knowledge of women and better impact is associated with higher education and younger age of women. The component analysis showed that the questions and related presentations using medical terms have a negative impact and should not therefore be used. Analysis of activity therefore leads to identification of deficiencies which can be remedied in future.

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“…Karayurt et al (Karayurt et al, 2008) found that media was the primary source of information on BC for 48.6% of participants. Yoo et al (Yoo et al, 2012) found that only 17.2% of subjects obtained BSE information from a physician or nurse.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%