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Health Beliefs in Screening for Breast Cancer among Women Referring to Bonab Health Centers in 2014
R. Hassanzadeh[1], R. Rahimi[2], M. Ranjbar[3], M. Heidarzadeh[4]
Received: 27/01/2015 Sent for Revision: 11/05/2015 Received Revised Manuscript: 01/07/2015 Accepted: 04/07/2015
Background and Objective: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females. Early detection by screening programs is a useful approach to controlling the disease. The purpose of this study was to assess the health beliefs in breast self-examination, mammography and clinical breast examination among females referring to Bonab health centers.
Materials and Methods: It was a cross- sectional study. The participants were recruited from 5 health centers of Bonan by Convenience sampling (n=250). Data was collected by Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale and analyzed using SPSS-PC (v.13).
Results: The results showed that 76.8% of the participants believed in the benefits of mammography and 66.4% of them the clinical examination. About 65.2% of participants had poor health beliefs about efficacy of Breast Self-Examination. 94% of participants believed that mammography reduce the risk of death due to breast cancer.
Conclusion : Despite good health beliefs in some fields, rates of breast cancer screening are low, therefore it is recommended to know the factors that play a role in increasing the acceptance of breast cancer screening methods and used them to encourage women to have screening.
Key words: Screening, Health Believes, Cancer
Funding: This research was funded by Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences approved the study.
How to cite this article: Hassanzadeh R, Rahimi R, Ranjbar M, Heidarzadeh M. Health Beliefs in Screening for Breast Cancer among Women Referring to Bonab Health Centers in 2014. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015; 14(7): 575-86. [Farsi]
- - MSc in Midwifery, Dept. of Midwifery, College of Medical Sciences, Bonab Branch, IslamicAzad University, Bonab, Iran
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[2]- MSc in Nursing, Dept. of Midwifery, College of Medical Sciences, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran
[3]- MSc in Midwifery, Dept. of Midwifery, College of Medical Sciences, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran
[4]- PhD, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Received: 2015/01/12 | Accepted: 2015/07/4 | Published: 2015/10/14
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