Do patients read breast self-examination booklets?

IF A campaign to encourage women to examine their breasts for lumps is to succeed, it is necessary for women to read the literature produced. An attempt was made to estimate whether such literature was read, and in a group of women 90.6 per cent read the booklet, and 15.9 per cent altered their beha...

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Published in:Health education journal 1981, Vol.40 (1), p.11-12
Main Authors: Turner, Joan, Blaney, Roger, Irwin, George, Odling-Smee, William, Roy, Douglas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Community Participation
Female
Health administration
Health Education
Humans
Northern Ireland
Palpation
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Summary:IF A campaign to encourage women to examine their breasts for lumps is to succeed, it is necessary for women to read the literature produced. An attempt was made to estimate whether such literature was read, and in a group of women 90.6 per cent read the booklet, and 15.9 per cent altered their behaviour. There were several other non- numerical indicators which strongly suggested that women read the literature. A large-scale study is now under way.
ISSN:0017-8969
1748-8176
DOI:10.1177/001789698104000105