Breast Self-Examination in Terms of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Nursing Students of Arab American University/Jenin

Autor/inn/en	Ayed, Ahmad; Eqtait, Faeda; Harazneh, Lubna; Fashafsheh, Imad; Nazzal, Sewar; Talahmeh, Bian; Hajar, Deena; Awawdeh, Rrawan
Titel	Breast Self-Examination in Terms of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Nursing Students of Arab American University/Jenin
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (2015) 4, S.37-47 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nursing Students; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Cancer; Diagnostic Tests; Females; College Students; Age Differences; Mass Media; Case Studies; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Massenmedien; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Palästina
Abstract	Background: Breast self-examination is a simple, very low cost, noninvasive with no special material/tool requirements; and it is an effective diagnostic method for breast cancer which only takes five minutes to apply. Aim of the Study: The study aimed to assess the level of BSE knowledge, attitude, and practice among female nursing students in AAUJ. Subjects and methods: Descriptive, cross sectional study was used for conducting the study, a regular random sample has been used, 97 female nurses students from nursing department of Allied Medical Science Faculty/AAUJ were included. Data collected through: nurses' socio-demographic characteristic, knowledge level towards BSE, Attitude level about BSE, and practice level towards BSE Scale which is developed by the researchers. Validity and pilot study were examined. Results: Study results have shown that 15.5% of the respondents had good overall knowledge towards BSE. The major source of information about BSE (57.6% ) was mass media in the study, 75.3% of participants had positive attitude towards BSE, and 4.1% practice BSE always every month. There was a significant difference between age and academic level towards Knowledge of BSE. At the same time, there was a significant difference between overall knowledge and practice of BSE (P = 0.000). Conclusion and recommendation: Most female nursing students had poor knowledge about BSE and did not perform BSE. Mass Media is an important source of information about BSE to improve awareness among the community. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01