Impact o
Impact of health intervention program regarding breast self
examination among
Port
Said female university students
Mona Abd
Elsabour1, Sherene Ahmed Qalawa2, Magda Aly Mohamed1,
Omaima Mohamed Elalem1
1Family and Community Health Nursing
Deoartment. 2Medical and Surgical Nursing Department,Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt. [email protected]
Abstract: Aim: The
aim of the present study is to evaluate the impact of a health intervention
program about breast self examination on knowledge and practices of female
university students. Subject and Methods: The quasi experimental
research was conducted on convenience sample of 50 students at the university
hostel for females in Port Said governorate, an educational health program
about early detection of breast cancer and breast self examination was
developed by researchers, the selected sample is tested before and after giving
the health program using a self administered questionnaire and observational
checklist. Results: The findings revealed that most of the
studied sample had poor knowledge (94%) and practices (86%) regarding early
detection of breast cancer and breast self examination in pre program, A
statistically significant improvement was detected in the knowledge and
practices post program (P <0.001*). Conclusion: The
study concluded to the fact that the studied females students' knowledge and
practices regarding early detection of breast cancer and breast self
examination are deficient, health educational programs can improve their
knowledge and practices, so the researchers recommend that
great efforts should be done to increase the young females' awareness of
prevention and early detection of breast cancer, this can be effectively done
through continues health educational programs.
[Mona Abd Elsabour, Sherene Ahmed Qalawa, Magda
Aly Mohamed, Omaima Mohamed Elalem. Impact of health educational intervention regarding breast
self examination among Port Said female university students. J
Am Sci 2013;9(3):378-384]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 61
Key words: Breast self examination, Health interventio program,
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