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Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in women. Breast self-examination is a simple screening method to detect signs of abnormalities in the breast. It is important for students - the future generation of the country, to be aware of breast self-examination. This paper describes knowledge, attitude and practice about breast self-examination and research factors related to knowledge, attitude and practice about breast self-examination in high school female students.
Materials and method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 415 female students in high schools by multi-stage sampling method, using pre-designed questionnaires.
Results: 16.6% of female students meet the requirements of knowledge about breast self-examination, 46.3% of female students meet the requirements of attitude about breast self-examination, and 11.3% of female students have ever done breast self-examination including 59.6% of female students practiced accurately. Factors related to knowledge are living environments, grades, personal or family anamnesis of breast disease; factors related to attitude are grades, personal or family anamnesis of breast disease, knowledge about breast self-examination; factors related to practices are grades, personal or family anamnesis of breast disease, knowledge and attitude about breast self-examination.
Conclusion: Given the fact that knowledge, attitude and practice about breast self-examination are low, so it is necessary to improve those for female students on breast self-examination.
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| Published | 11-01-2025 | |
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| Issue | No. 65 (2020) | |
| Section | Original article | |
| DOI | 10.38103/jcmhch.2020.65.8 | |
| Keywords | ung thư vú, tự khám vú, nữ sinh, sức khoẻ. Breast cancer, breast self-examination, female students, health. |
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