Knowledge of risk factors, beliefs and practices of female healthcare professionals towards breast cancer in a tertiary institution in Lagos, Nigeria

Ibrahim, Nazir; Odusanya, Olumuyiwa O.

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“…Breast self-examination was practiced regularly by the 91.9% undergraduate students of Klang valley, Malaysia 13 . However, in present study, only 9 (7.2%) women had ever tried BSE though none of them did it on More than 65% Gurdaspur women believed that breast cancer can be cured whereas 86% Nigerian females 22 were optimistic that breast cancer can be treated if detected in early stage by screening methods like BSE, CBE, mammography etc. A study conducted by Dey et al, 23 reported that majority (73.8%) of Delhi women believed that surgical removal of lump in the breast is the best treatment for breast cancer.…”

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Knowledge, beliefs and practices about breast cancer and its self-examination procedure among urban and rural women of district Gurdaspur, Punjab, India: a cross sectional study

Sehrawat¹,

Garima²,

Mor³

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONThe entire world is at the risk of various dreadful diseases and cancer is one of them. Millions of people die every year from cancer only which constitutes 13% of total deaths occurring worldwide from different reasons.1 Most of the victims seek medical interventions at advanced stage of breast cancer due to lack of awareness about its risk factors, symptoms, early detection methods and treatment. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancers which affects individuals of all ethnic groups at different levels of modernization; thus engulfing lives of hundreds of thousands of women every year. Like other malignancies, breast cancer victims continue to live ABSTRACT Background: The entire world is at the risk of various dreadful diseases and cancer is one of them. Most of the victims seek medical interventions at advanced stage of breast cancer due to lack of awareness about its risk factors, symptoms, early detection methods and treatment. Present study was conducted to assess the knowledge levels, beliefs and the practices about breast cancer among both rural and urban women of Gurdaspur (Punjab) in an attempt to spread awareness and remove the fear of an unwarranted trauma among target population. Methods: Data was generated by interviewing 300 Gurdaspur (Punjab) women (20-40 years) through a pre-structured questionnaire designed to collect information about their knowledge of breast cancer, its causative factors, screening methods, treatments and beliefs. Results: Mean age of the participants was 41±5 years. More than 80% women had heard about breast cancer from family members or friends. About 70% women had knowledge about symptoms of this traumatic disease and more than half of them had heard about the practice of breast self-examination, though only 8.9% urban and 5.2% rural women had ever practiced it. Awareness of breast cancer was found significantly associated with age, marital status, educational level and socioeconomic status of the woman. Conclusions: Participants had a very limited knowledge about symptoms, screening procedure, risk factors, treatment of breast cancer etc. Some public health intervention and evaluation programs are urgently required to educate women about early detection and treatment strategies of breast cancer to reduce mortality from this disease.

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Knowledge, beliefs and practices about breast cancer and its self-examination procedure among urban and rural women of district Gurdaspur, Punjab, India: a cross sectional study

Sehrawat¹,

Garima²,

Mor³

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Another study in Nigeria in 2009 reported that 86.7% had the same believe [28]. The most common risk factors for BC identified by participants were; family history of BC (91.9%), old age (82.1%), increase breast density (78%), late age at menopause (75.6%) and radiation exposure (64.2%).…”

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“…In current study 95.9 % of participants believed that early detection and treatment of breast cancer affects survival. Also, all participants (100%) in Ghanem, et al, study believed that BC is curable if detected early [27] and 91.1% in Ibrahim et al, [28].…”

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“…Other risk factors were recognized by less than threequarters of participants. The least recognized risk factors were nulliparity (73.3%) and advanced age at first childbirth (57.8%) [28]. An Australian study revealed that GPs have limited knowledge about some aspects of BC risk factors with only quarter of them recognized increasing age as breast cancer risk factor [29].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening among Female General Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saeedi¹

2014

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Abstract:Background: Breast cancer has been ranked as the 1 st cancer in women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Screening, early detection and proper treatment of Breast Cancer was associated with more chances of better prognosis and long-term survival. The role general practitioner's role is to provide professional knowledge, skills and support for patients as well as their caregiver about screening and prevention. This study aimed to investigate the level of knowledge of Breast Cancer risk factors, beliefs, diagnosis and practice of Breast Self Examination, Clinical Breast Examination and mammography among female General Practitioners who are currently working in primary health care center in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire among female physicians, currently working as General Practitioners in Primary Health Care centers were invited. Descriptive statistics: mean, standard deviation, frequencies, percentage were calculated. Results: The majority (90%) of the respondents believed that Breast Cancer is a major health problem and 96% were aware of the importance of mammography as a screening method. But only 19% of the studied physicians requested mammogram as screening tool for women aged 40 years or more. Conclusion: The current study demonstrated that knowledge about breast cancer screening was satisfactory and highlighted the need for the provision of continuing medical education programs to improve the general practitioners' practice on cancer screening tools.

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“…The 43-item survey was adapted from existing surveys designed to test knowledge about breast cancer epidemiology, risk factors, and screening in general populations in the United States and certain low-and middle-income countries [24][25][26][27][28][29]. The instrument was designed in collaboration with Mexican institutions and investigators who had conducted previous breast cancer research in Mexico.…”

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Evaluation of Breast Cancer Knowledge Among Health Promoters in Mexico Before and After Focused Training

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Objective. Breast cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Mexico. We assessed the effectiveness of a trainthe-trainer program in two Mexican states in improving knowledge among professional and nonprofessional community health workers. Materials and Methods. We worked with local organizations to develop and implement a train-the-trainer program to improve breast cancer knowledge among community health workers, including professional health promoters (PHPs) who were trained and then trained nonprofessional community health promoters (CHPs). We surveyed participants before and after training that included in-person and online classes and again approximately 3 months later. We used paired t tests and chi-square tests to compare survey responses at the different times. We also used logistic regression to assess whether promoter characteristics were associated with greater improvements in breast cancer knowledge after training. Results. Overall, 169 PHPs (mean age, 36 years) completed training and provided a 10-hour training course to 2,651 CHPs, who also completed the pre-and post-training survey. For both PHPs and CHPs, post-training surveys demonstrated increases in an understanding of breast cancer as a problem; an understanding of screening, treatment, and insurance coverage issues; and knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, symptoms, and what constitutes a family history of breast cancer (all p , .05). These improvements were maintained 3 to 6 months after training. Conclusion. Train-the-trainer programs hold promise for leveraging community health workers, who far outnumber other health professionals in many low-and middle-income countries, to engage in health promotion activities for cancer and other noncommunicable diseases.

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Knowledge of risk factors, beliefs and practices of female healthcare professionals towards breast cancer in a tertiary institution in Lagos, Nigeria

Cited by 105 publications

References 32 publications

Knowledge, beliefs and practices about breast cancer and its self-examination procedure among urban and rural women of district Gurdaspur, Punjab, India: a cross sectional study

Knowledge, beliefs and practices about breast cancer and its self-examination procedure among urban and rural women of district Gurdaspur, Punjab, India: a cross sectional study

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening among Female General Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Evaluation of Breast Cancer Knowledge Among Health Promoters in Mexico Before and After Focused Training

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