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Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students


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Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Ahmadian, Maryam and Abd Latiff, Latiffah (2016) Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students. Global Journal of Health Sciences, 8 (1). pp. 277-285. ISSN 1916-9736; ESSN: 1916-9744

Abstract

Background: Despite continuous argument about the efficacy of breast self-examination; it still could be a life-saving technique through inspiring and empowering women to take better control over their body/breast and health. This study investigated Malaysian female university students’ knowledge about breast cancer risk factors, signs, and symptoms and assessed breast self-examination frequency among students. Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2013 in nine public and private universities in the Klang Valley and Selangor. 842 female students were respondents for the self-administered survey technique. Simple descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. Results: The uptake of breast self-examination (BSE) was less than 50% among the students. Most of students had insufficient knowledge on several breast cancer risk factors. CONCLUSION: Actions and efforts should be done to increase knowledge of breast cancer through the development of ethnically and traditionally sensitive educational training on BSE and breast cancer literacy.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Breast cancer; Breast self-examination; Knowledge; Signs and symptoms; Risk factors; Malaysia
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Institute for Social Science Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v8n1p277
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2018 03:16
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2018 03:16
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.5539/gjhs.v8n1p277
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54582
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