Breast cancer awareness and practice of breast self examination among primary health care nurses: influencing factors and effects of an in-service education

Aim.  The purposes of this study were to identify the level of breast cancer and breast self examination practice knowledge of primary health nurses and the factors influencing breast cancer and breast self examination knowledge as well as to investigate the frequency of breast self examination prac...

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Published in:Journal of clinical nursing 2007-04, Vol.16 (4), p.707-715
Main Authors: Soyer, Meral Türk, Ciceklioglu, Meltem, Ceber, Esin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Awareness
breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Breast Self-Examination - utilization
cancer
Female
Humans
in-service training
Inservice Training
Motivation
nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nursing
Primary Health Care - manpower
Turkey
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Summary:Aim.  The purposes of this study were to identify the level of breast cancer and breast self examination practice knowledge of primary health nurses and the factors influencing breast cancer and breast self examination knowledge as well as to investigate the frequency of breast self examination practice of primary health nurses and influencing factors and to evaluate the effects of an in‐service training program about breast cancer and breast self examination practice for primary health nurses. Background.  An increased awareness among nurses about breast cancer prevention would most likely result in a higher number of better educated women about breast cancer and also motivate adherence to screening recommendations. Design and methods.  A pre‐test and post‐test design was implemented to evaluate the effectiveness of a Breast Cancer and Breast Self Examination Education Program for primary health nurses. The program was instructed to 192 of the 215 primary health nurses by two nurse trainers. Pre‐ and post‐tests made available a quantitative evaluation of the level of improvement in breast cancer and breast self‐examination knowledge. Results.  Mean of total breast cancer knowledge score of primary health nurses prior to the program was 58·51 SD 15·63 whereas, it increased to 75·96 SD 9·53, revealing a statistically significant escalation (p 
ISSN:0962-1067
1365-2702
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01644.x