Evaluation of Knowledges, Attitudes, and Practices of Breast Self-Examination of High School Female Students in Al-Diwaniyha City.

Abed, Zainab Jaber; Qassim, Wissam Jabbar

Objectives: To evaluate the breast self-examination knowledge, attitude, and practice for female students. To determine the relationship between female students knowledge, attitudes, and practices of breast self- Examination in high school and socio-demographic characteristics. Two-hundred and twenty female sample Cross sectional study was used to assess high schools females about knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast self-examination among high schools female students in AL-Diwaniyha City. A Cluster "probability" sample of (220) female students were selected. These female students study at school, (220) female students from Al-Diwaniyha directorates Female students were assigned to the study according to the following criteria: 1- Female student 2- High school female students who are of the fourth, fifth, and sixth classes. The overall number of items included in the questionnaire is (77) items. Scored assess high school females about are rated on three levels type Likert scale range from 1 to 3; of Always =3, Sometimes =2 and Never=1Validity refers to the extent to which an instrument measures what it intends to measure (Polit and Hungler, 2013). There is no statistically significant difference in students' knowledges, attitudes, and practices related to breast self-examination among father's level of education.

BREAST self-examination; HIGH school girls; HIGH school students

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 10, p3062

0976-0245

Academic Journal

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.03346.1