出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat
摘要：A Health Education (HE) Intervention study ofBSE in 250 women beneficiaries attending theUrban Health Centers of Ahmedabad was done.Pre-test assessment revealed that awarenessabout various risk factors and screeningmethods of breast cancer was relativelyinadequate. However, three months after theintervention, there was not only significantimprovement of knowledge, but improvement inBSE practices was also observed amongst thesewomen.The knowledge about increasing age,nulliparity, age at first pregnancy >30 years, ageat menopause >50 years, family history of breastcancer, intake of oral contraceptive pills,obesity, lack of breast feeding, cancer in thesecond breast as risk factors of breast cancer hadsignificantly increased by 37% to 68% in thepost- intervention test as compared to thebaseline (pre-test). Similarly knowledge of BSEand Mammography as screening methods ofbreast cancer also increased by 74% and 64%women respectively in the post test. Complianceto the regular and correct BSE was observed innearly 20% of all women after three months.Keywords: Risk factors of breast cancer, HealthEducation (HE) Intervention, Breast SelfExamination (BSE).
