TY - JOUR AU - Pathak, Pooja AU - Bajpai, Prashant Kumar AU - Jaiswal, Kirti AU - Kumar, Sandip AU - Chauhan, Mudit AU - Agarwal, Tanya AU - Srivastava, Dhiraj Kumar PY - 2022/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Impact of health education on knowledge and attitude of self-breast examination among female nursing students JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 34 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - 10.47203/IJCH.2022.v34i03.005 UR - https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/2361 SP - 348 - 351 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and a leading cause of death worldwide, including in India. Breast cancer usually shows a slow development rate, and when it is recognized in the early stages, successful treatment results can be achieved. Breast self-examination is a screening option for young women. Health awareness programs on screening and early detection are the cornerstones for reducing the morbidity and mortality resulting from breast cancer.<strong> Objective: </strong>To assess the impact of health education on knowledge and attitude of self-breast examination among nursing students. <strong>Study Design: </strong>The present interventional study was conducted between September and October 2019. <strong>Setting: </strong>This study was done among 79 nursing students of a tertiary care hospital situated in a central district of Uttar Pradesh.<strong> Main Outcome Measures: </strong>The self-reported pre-designed and structured questionnaire was used. It included three sections: 1. Sociodemographic profile 2. Knowledge regarding self-breast examination (SBE) 3. Attitude regarding self-breast examination (SBE). Knowledge and attitude scores were calculated and divided into the poor, average, and good categories.<strong> Results: </strong>There were 87.3% of girls had prior knowledge of the self-breast examination, while 12.7% of girls were not aware of the self-breast examination. Post-intervention, there was a significant increase (p&lt;0.05) in their knowledge about self-breast examination.<strong> Conclusion and Relevance: </strong>Planned teaching intervention had a significant impact on the knowledge and attitude of self-breast examination. The knowledge and attitude were poor at the early stages, but it had increased significantly after the health education intervention.</p> ER -