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Practice and Barriers toward Breast Self-Examination among Palestinian Women in Gaza City, Palestine.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Breast cancer in women in Gaza: qualitative study of women's expectations and experiences of diagnosis and management.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
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- Women's Perspective on Self-Breast Examination.Cureus · 2024Article
- Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among breast cancer patients in Damascus, Syria.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Describing the practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare workers in Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards breast self-examination among women: a web based community study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers on breast self-examination of female college students: Experience from a local higher education institution.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Breast cancer knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among Palestinian female, West Bank: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Assessment of breast cancer risk perception, knowledge, and breast self-examination practices among market women in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- What makes women receptive to breast self-examination, animation, or simulation? - a comparative study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
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- An examination of variables associated with breast cancer early detection behaviors of women.African health sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Breast self-examination (BSE) is one of many first-line screening practices aimed at early detection and prevention of fatal outcomes of breast cancer. The present study aimed to identify Palestinian women's practices, awareness, and barriers to BSE. Using descriptive-analytical methods, a previously validated questionnaire was administered to a conveniently selected sample of women. The study was conducted among women who visited primary health clinics (PHCs) in Gaza City. A total of 390 participants who met the selection criteria answered the self-administered questionnaires. We used SPSS version 24.0 to analyze the data. The findings suggest that the practice of BSE among women in Gaza is low, with only 40% of the study participants reporting that they never practiced BSE before, even though 76.7% reported that they were aware of BSE. In general, the main barriers to BSE practices were that participants had wrong perceptions and lacked knowledge about BSE. Others also reported fear of detecting breast cancer as a barrier. The practice of BSE among Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip is low and marred with trivial issues as barriers that could be eliminated with dedicated and extensive educational campaigns in the area.
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