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028			_bWurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102:
028			_b P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania:
028			_bPhone: +255 28 298 3384:
028			_b Fax: +255 28 298 3386:
028			_bEmail: vc@bugando.ac.tz:
028			_b www.bugando.ac.tz
035			_aCUHAS/MD/4001596/T/15
040			_bEnglish _cDDC
041			_aEnglish
041			_aKiswahili
100			_aEnock, Shunu _921400 _dCUHAS/MD/4001596/T/15
245			_a Knowledge and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Students at St. Augustine University, Mwanza.
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : _c ©2019
300			_axiii; 20 Pages
300			_aIncludes References
520			_aAbstract: Background and Objectives: Breast self-examination is one of the most cost effective methods of screening breast cancer in asymptomatic patients. It effectiveness depends on the knowledge and practices among women. When there is adequate knowledge on breast self-examination among women it will facilitate its practices hence bring about early diagnosis of breast cancer which will lead to early intervention and reduced complications resulting from the disease. Objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge and practices of breast self-examination among female students at St Augustine students 2019 Mwanza. Methods: A cross sectional institutional based study was conducted at St. Augustine University located in Nyamagana district involved 185 female students from September 2019 to February 2020. A systematic stratified random sampling technique was used to select participants from each faculty. Results: Majority of the participants were aged between 19 and 25 years with the mean age of 22.17. Most of them 162 (87.6%) were still single while 23 (12.4%) were married. 96 (51.9%) of the participants had an intermediate level of knowledge, 79 (42.7%) had high knowledge and 10 (5.4%) had low knowledge about BSE. The participants main source of information was mass media 83 (44.9%) followed by health workers 68 (36.8%). 112 (60.5%) of participants had ever performed BSE but only (4 (3.2%) practice regular (monthly), 7 (5.9%) once after every 3 months, 59 (53.5%) perform BSE when they think of BSE, 42 (37.3%) don’t know how often do they perform BSE. Conclusion: The findings highlight the current knowledge gap that exists in the practice of BSE in prevention of breast cancer in the study population, considering the substantial role that can be played by BSE, these findings suggest an urgent need for interventions to implement and re-enforce existing cancer awareness and cancer screening programs.
600			_xSurgery
600			_xPathology
600			_xHematology
700			_aRaphael Mwita _920452
700			_aErius Tebuka
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