KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ABOVE 15 YEARS OLD FEMALES TOWARDS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION IN SARI TOWNSHIP, 2004

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GODAZANDEH GH.A.; KHANI H.; KHALILIAN A.R.; ATAROD Z.; FIROZJAEE M.A.; PARTOVI A.; TAYEBFARD H.

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Journal: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Year:2006 | Volume:16 | Issue:52 Page(s): 64-74

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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ABOVE 15 YEARS OLD FEMALES TOWARDS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION IN SARI TOWNSHIP, 2004

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BREAST CANCERQ3

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Background and purpose: Screening and preventive programs are the important components in reduction of BREAST CANCER morbidity and mortality.Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, above 15 years old FEMALEs were selected and were randomly divided in 6 stratums based on the determined aims.Results: We collected 400 questionnaires per stratum and totally 2400 cases with mean age of 25.01±8.78 years and age range of 15-78 entered in this study. Also 46.9% were married, 86.7% had a medium to high education, 23.5% were housewives, 54.2% students and family history of BREAST CANCER was reported in 25.8%. KNOWLEDGE about BREAST CANCER prevention was good in 28.5%, low in 67.3%, and poor in 4.2%. It was shown that 37% of the FEMALEs 20 to 40 years and 48.8% above 40 years performed breast self-examination. But only 17.1% did it monthly. Approximately, 13.12% felt very confident about their correctly done self breast examination. Also 82.6% of the women 20 years and older did not referee to specialist for the last 2 years. Among women 40 years of age and higher, approximately 65.86% refered specialist once and 47.3% did mammoggraphy in the last two years and 61.07% have had at least one mommography in their life time.Conclusion: The Iranian FEMALE population need for planning health the education interventions and population-based specific regular screening programs to improve cancer prevention.

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GODAZANDEH, GH.A., KHANI, H., KHALILIAN, A.R., ATAROD, Z., FIROZJAEE, M.A., PARTOVI, A., & TAYEBFARD, H.. (2006). KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ABOVE 15 YEARS OLD FEMALES TOWARDS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION IN SARI TOWNSHIP, 2004. JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 16(52), 64-74. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/46011/en

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GODAZANDEH GH.A., KHANI H., KHALILIAN A.R., ATAROD Z., FIROZJAEE M.A., PARTOVI A., TAYEBFARD H.. KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ABOVE 15 YEARS OLD FEMALES TOWARDS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION IN SARI TOWNSHIP, 2004. JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2006;16(52):64-74. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/46011/en

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GH.A. GODAZANDEH, H. KHANI, A.R. KHALILIAN, Z. ATAROD, M.A. FIROZJAEE, A. PARTOVI, and H. TAYEBFARD, “KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ABOVE 15 YEARS OLD FEMALES TOWARDS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION IN SARI TOWNSHIP, 2004,” JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 16, no. 52, pp. 64–74, 2006, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/46011/en

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