BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Korean women. Only 14% of urban women and 10% of rural women in Korea, however, participated in breast cancer screening behavior in 1998 (Korean Ministry of Health & Welfare, 1999). PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of community-based breast self-examination (BSE) education programs in Korea. METHODS Fir...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between women's reported social support and their adherence to recommended breast cancer screening guidelines. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. SETTING Community women's organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. SAMPLE 833 mostly low-income women with a mean age of 46.2 years from three racial or ethnic groups (i.e., Lat...

Early detection of cancer begins with increasing public awareness about abnormalities in the breast through self-examination (BSE) program. The interest young women seeking information is still so low that purpose this activity to provide health education on and demonstrations doing BSE students SMPN 24 Padang City. method Virtual Reality Technology demonstration using mannequins. Participants ...

BACKGROUND Breast self examination (BSE), performed regularly every month, is one of the most important methods in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. This study was performed with the aim of establishing the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of women working in government hospitals within the province of Samsun regarding BSE. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted ...

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and a major public health problem in developing countries. However, early detection and treatment may be achieved by breast self-examination (BSE). Despite the importance of BSE in reducing the incidence of breast cancer and esultant deaths, the disease continues to be the most common cause of cancer death among women in Iran.This stud...

The incidence of breast cancer is 40 per 100.000 women. BSE a screening to detect cancer. research objective determine the correlation between knowledge and self-efficacy with behavior. This cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study utilized sample 20-65 women aged 100 years. Multistage random sampling was used as technique—univariate bivariate analysis significance level ρ 0.05 CI 95%. result...

Breast self-examination (BSE) continues to be widely promoted by Government agencies and medical practitioners in Europe and the United States. Point 10 of the European Code Against Cancer exhorts women to 'examine their breasts regularly'. Breast lumps are common and most women will detect a breast abnormality at some time in their life, irrespective of the promotion of BSE by the medical prof...

PURPOSE This study aimed to analyse female academician health beliefs for breast cancer screening and levels of self-esteem. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2010 and March 2011, covering female academicians working in all faculties and vocational schools at Ondokuz Mayis University, except for the ones in the field of health (n=141). Data was col...

The selection of health education media should be based on target tastes, broad impact, and presented in an attractive manner. Health Education Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is generally still carried out using the conventional method, namely face-to-face (FF). This study aimed to determine effect BSE Lecture Plus Animation Video Demonstration (VBL) knowledge motivation Vocational High School s...

OBJECTIVE To elicit knowledge of breast cancer, perception of occurrence, and behavior in relation to breast self-examination (BSE). METHODS A cross-sectional survey was carried out at the Department of Pathology, Medical College, University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for local occupants from Hail city and its rural neighborhood between September 2010 and February 2012. A personal...