Effect of Screening Breast Cancer Nursing Intervention on Women Knowledge, Beliefs and Behavior Attendance to Health Center in Port Said City | ||||
| Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||||
| Article 12, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2016, Page 196-210 PDF (380.3 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32529 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mai EL-Ghareap Hassan* 1; Effat Mohamed El -Karmalawy2; Hassan Ali Abdel Wahed3; Hanan Hassan El-Ezaby4 | ||||
| 1M.Sc. Family and community nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University | ||||
| 3Professor of Family medicine, Faculty of medicine, Suez canal University | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Family and community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and leading cause of death among women. Breast cancer screening plays an important role in early detection and decreasing mortality rate. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate effect of nursing intervention on women knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding breast cancer screening in health care centers in Port Said city. Methods: A Convenience sample of 210 women who attended family planning clinics. This study was carried out in two primary health care centers. Data were collected through using three tools, first, structured interviewing questionnaire sheet, second health belief model scale; third tool was observational checklist for breast self-examination practice. Results: revealed that, there is statically significant improvement of women knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding breast cancer and its screening after the intervention, also there is statistically significant positive correlation between women's knowledge, attitude, practice of breast self-examination and education. Conclusion:. There was significant remarkable improvement in women knowledge, BSE practice and attitudes towards breast cancer and its screening after implementation of the educational program Recommendations: The study recommended that, breast cancer screening should be integrated in preventive health programs in primary health centers, mammography and ultrasound should be accessible and acceptable for attendance of primary health care services. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| breast cancer; Breast self-examination; Knowledge; beliefs; screening behaviors | ||||
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