ArticleBMC women's health2022
Breast self-examination practice and predictors among female secondary school teachers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: using the health belief model.
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- Breast self-examination practice and its determinants among women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
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- Breast self-examination prevalence and determinants in low- and middle-income countries: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- Exploring breast cancer awareness and screening practices amongst rural women in The Gambia: Community-based cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Service-Delivery Models to Increase the Uptake of Non-Communicable Disease Screening in South-Central Ethiopia: A Difference-In-Differences Analysis.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- A potential tumor marker: Chaperonin containing TCP‑1 controls the development of malignant tumors (Review).International journal of oncology · 2023Review
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- Breast self-examination and its associated factors among women who attended anti-retroviral therapy clinic in Bahir Dar city administration, North West Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed reproductive organ cancer among women in Ethiopia. Even though breast self-examination (BSE) is shown to be the least expensive, less time-consuming, and non-invasive screening method, the practice of breast self-examination in Ethiopia is poor. Therefore this study aimed to assess breast self-examination practice and predictors among female secondary school teachers using the Health Belief Model. MATERIALS AND
methodsAn institution-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among 589 female secondary school teachers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A self-administered questionnaire containing socio-demographic characteristics, sources of information, knowledge, perception on breast self-examination, and BSE practice was prepared based on the Champion's revised Health Belief Model and used as a data collection instrument. Multi-variable binary logistic regression was employed to identify the predictors of breast self-examination practice with significance set at p < 0.05 by controlling possible confounders.
resultBreast self-examination was practiced by 43.6% of female secondary school teachers. Television and radio were the commonest sources of information about breast cancer and breast self-examination. Personal history of breast problem (AOR 3.27, 95% CI 1.13-9.45), teaching experience (AOR 2.46, 95% CI 1.33-4.56), knowledge (AOR 1.06, 95% CI 1.01-1.12) and perceived self-efficacy (AOR 1.07, 95% CI 1.01-1.12) were significantly associated with BSE practice.
conclusionThe practice of breast self-examination was found to be low. Perceived self-efficacy, personal history of breast problems, and the knowledge level of female teachers were factors associated with the practice of BSE. This suggests the need for educational programs to enhance knowledge regarding breast cancer and improve the practice of breast self-examination.
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