@article{article_767176, title={Does being a Health Worker Have an Effect on Breast Cancer Awareness?}, journal={Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi}, volume={53}, pages={171–176}, year={2020}, DOI={10.20492/aeahtd.767176}, author={Bora Makal, Gül}, keywords={Breast cancer, early diagnosis, screening, health belief model}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us">AIM: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:11px;">
The purpose of this study to measure the breast cancer knowledge levels of
women health workers and to investigate the factors that determine the beliefs,
attitudes, and behaviors against screening methods. </span> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us">MATERIAL AND METHODS: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <span style="font-size:11px;"> This study was
conducted on 850 volunteer participant women over 21 years old, health
educated, uneducated, and other members of the community. Ethical committee
approval and informed consent form were obtained. Sociodemographic data form,
Champion Health Belief Model for Breast Cancer, The Comprehensive Breast Cancer
Knowledge Test were used to compare the groups. Statistical analyses were
performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 21.0 </span> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <span style="font-size:11px;"> <br /> </span> </span> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us">RESULTS: </span> </b> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </i> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <span style="font-size:11px;">There
was no difference in the frequency of breast self-examination and clinical
breast examination between the groups (p>0.05). There were statistically
significant differences in age, knowledge level, and education level between
the groups (p<0.05). There was a statistically significant difference
between the education level of the health workers and community members
(p=0.029). The median scores for each subscale of the Champion Health Belief
Model for Breast Cancer were not statistically different between the groups.
Self-efficacy was found the only predictive factor on the breast
self-examination practice (p=0.00, OR:1.188). The most predictive factor was
education level on the breast cancer knowledge level (p=0.00, r=0.315). Only
36.5% of the participants had a high knowledge level. </span> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us">CONCLUSION: </span> </b> <span class="A3"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">  </span> </span> <span class="A3"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The
breast cancer knowledge level, the behavior of </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us">breast
self-examination </span> <span class="A3"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> and </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:11px;" xml:lang="en-us">clinical breast examination </span> <span class="A3"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> are not more different in health workers than the other
members of the society. </span> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span class="A3"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Sağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi}