Health Belief Model: Promote Breast Self Examination in Student in Higher Education
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Breast cancer is the number one cancer that occurs among women. The mortality rate has been continually increased among young women. The early detection and treatment may result in a high survival rate, good quality of life and cost less. According to the literature, Breast Self-Examination (BSE) many women have never done BSE, especially undergraduate students, because of their embarrassment.
Encouraging undergraduate students to perform breast self-examination may the way to help students discover their own breast abnormalities in the early stages. It is also promoting responsibility for one's own health. In this article, the authors have gathered knowledge from research both domestically and internationally on the knowledge of breast cancer screening, situation of breast self-examination in undergraduate students, analysis of the reasons for non- breast self-examination among tertiary students. The application of health belief model to promote breast self-examination through knowledge, Perceived susceptibility, Perceived Severity, Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers and Perceived Self-Efficacy, as well as a guideline for promoting self-examination of mammograms among undergraduate students. This guideline may beneficial for undergraduate student to promote the behavior of breast self-examination in daily life and early detection.
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