Psychosocial predictors of breast self-examination among female students in Malaysia: a study to assess the roles of body image, self-efficacy and perceived barriers

• Main Authors: Ahmadian, Maryam, Carmack, Suzie, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Kreps, Gary, Saidu, Mohammed Bashir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53700/1/Psychosocial%20and%20health%20impacts%20of%20bauxite%20mining%20among%20Felda%20Bukit%20Goh%20communities%20in%20Kuantan%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53700/; http://journal.waocp.org/?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:27039760&key=2016.17.3.1277

Background: Early detection is a critical part of reducing the burden of breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE) has been found to be an especially important early detection strategy in low and middle income countries such as Malaysia. Although reports indicate that Malaysian women report an...