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

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 ab...

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Main Authors: Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Ahmadian, Maryam, Abd Latiff, Latiffah
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54582/1/Insufficient%20knowledge%20of%20breast%20cancer%20risk%20factors.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.545822018-04-02T03:16:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54582/ Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Ahmadian, Maryam Abd Latiff, Latiffah 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. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54582/1/Insufficient%20knowledge%20of%20breast%20cancer%20risk%20factors.pdf 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 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/51502 10.5539/gjhs.v8n1p277
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description 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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author Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Ahmadian, Maryam
Abd Latiff, Latiffah
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Ahmadian, Maryam
Abd Latiff, Latiffah
Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students
author_facet Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Ahmadian, Maryam
Abd Latiff, Latiffah
author_sort Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
title Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students
title_short Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students
title_full Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students
title_fullStr Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students
title_full_unstemmed Insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among Malaysian female university students
title_sort insufficient knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among malaysian female university students
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54582/1/Insufficient%20knowledge%20of%20breast%20cancer%20risk%20factors.pdf
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http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/51502
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