Participation in breast cancer prevention: assessing women's knowledge and their participation in mammography in Tehran, Iran
A survey was carried out from July through October, 2009 to study the knowledge and women’s participation in mammography. A total of 400 women in urban areas of Tehran, Iran were randomly selected in this study. Although, the general knowledge of women was fairly good, they did not participate in ma...
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my.upm.eprints.227052020-03-05T06:38:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22705/ Participation in breast cancer prevention: assessing women's knowledge and their participation in mammography in Tehran, Iran Ahmadian, Maryam Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Redzuan, Ma'rof Emby, Zahid A survey was carried out from July through October, 2009 to study the knowledge and women’s participation in mammography. A total of 400 women in urban areas of Tehran, Iran were randomly selected in this study. Although, the general knowledge of women was fairly good, they did not participate in mammography in the last 2 years. However, the mean score of the knowledge of women who were adherent to mammography was higher than the non-adherent group. These responses provide evidence that health education on breast cancer screening knowledge is necessary for future participation in breast cancer prevention programs in Iran. Academic Journals 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22705/1/22705.pdf Ahmadian, Maryam and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Redzuan, Ma'rof and Emby, Zahid (2012) Participation in breast cancer prevention: assessing women's knowledge and their participation in mammography in Tehran, Iran. Scientific Research and Essays, 7 (8). art. no. 74091FA31598. pp. 915-922. ISSN 1992-2248 https://academicjournals.org/journal/SRE/article-abstract/74091FA31598 10.5897/SRE11.1385 |
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A survey was carried out from July through October, 2009 to study the knowledge and women’s participation in mammography. A total of 400 women in urban areas of Tehran, Iran were randomly selected in this study. Although, the general knowledge of women was fairly good, they did not participate in mammography in the last 2 years. However, the mean score of the knowledge of women who were adherent to mammography was higher than the non-adherent group. These responses provide evidence that health education on breast cancer screening knowledge is necessary for future participation in breast cancer prevention programs in Iran. |
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Participation in breast cancer prevention: assessing women's knowledge and their participation in mammography in Tehran, Iran |
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