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Vol.2 , No. 1, Publication Date: Mar. 1, 2016, Page: 1-6
. According to Bahia Hospital incidence in 2014 there was about women was detected as breast cancer. The recommendations by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (ACOG) and the American Cancer Society are for BSE to be performed monthly beginning at the age of 20 years. In fact, regular BSE has been suggested as part of an overall health promotion concept. The aim of the study was to identify the BSE practice of women in Helwan University. The design was applied is a quasi-experimental design. The sample was conducted at selected Faculties on Helwan University. A total of (100 adult women, some working in managerial system, employee and some was student in the previously mentioned place. Setting of the current study was Helwan University. The tools used for data collection were Self-administered knowledge assessment questionnaire & Breast self examination observation checklist. Results of the study revealed that there was a highly statistical difference between the pre and post satisfactory level of the study sample regarding their knowledge about BC and BSE and their performance of BSE, the same highly statistical significant difference between pre and follow up knowledge and practice. Conclusion: working women had deficient knowledge, and their practice of BSE is very low. The intervention program has a positive effect on women's knowledge and practice. The study recommended that continuous workplace educational health programs are recommended. Involvement of the medical staff in health education to prevent wrong information. Further studies are recommended in a broad work place and on the other sectors in the community.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/894.jpg)
| [1] | Taghreed Talaat Shakweer, Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. |
| [2] | Manar Fathy Hamza, Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. |
Breast cancer is now the most common cancer both in developed and developing regions with approximately 690.000 new cases estimated each continent (population ratio 1:4). According to Bahia Hospital incidence in 2014 there was about women was detected as breast cancer. The recommendations by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (ACOG) and the American Cancer Society are for BSE to be performed monthly beginning at the age of 20 years. In fact, regular BSE has been suggested as part of an overall health promotion concept. The aim of the study was to identify the BSE practice of women in Helwan University. The design was applied is a quasi-experimental design. The sample was conducted at selected Faculties on Helwan University. A total of (100 adult women, some working in managerial system, employee and some was student in the previously mentioned place. Setting of the current study was Helwan University. The tools used for data collection were Self-administered knowledge assessment questionnaire & Breast self examination observation checklist. Results of the study revealed that there was a highly statistical difference between the pre and post satisfactory level of the study sample regarding their knowledge about BC and BSE and their performance of BSE, the same highly statistical significant difference between pre and follow up knowledge and practice. Conclusion: working women had deficient knowledge, and their practice of BSE is very low. The intervention program has a positive effect on women's knowledge and practice. The study recommended that continuous workplace educational health programs are recommended. Involvement of the medical staff in health education to prevent wrong information. Further studies are recommended in a broad work place and on the other sectors in the community.
Keywords
Breast Cancer (BC), Breast Self Examination (BSE), Cancer, Menopause, Menstruation, Detection
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