| Autor: |
Kamile Kirca, Canan Kaş |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Adıyaman Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 6:111-117 |
| ISSN: |
2458-9179 |
| DOI: |
10.30569/adiyamansaglik.677985 |
| Popis: |
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine vocational school students’ beliefs and attitudes towards breast cancer.Materials and Methods: The descriptive study was conducted with 255 female students at Kastamonu University Taşköprü Vocational School in the 2018-2019 Academic Year. Data were collected using a “Descriptive Characteristics Form” and Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale" for breast cancer screening.Results: The mean age of participants was 19.74±18.4 years and 48.6% were medical documentation and secretarial students. Participants’ CHBMS subscale scores showed that they had high perceptions of benefits of breast self-examination, low perceptions of seriousness, barriers to performing breast self-examination and health motivation. Participants who performed breast self-examination had higher perceptions of benefits of breast self-examination and confidence/self-efficacy and lower perceptions of barriers to performing breast self-examination than those who had never performed breast self-examination before (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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