Breast cancer awareness among Turkish nursing student

Abstract

This study conducted to determine breast cancer awareness and influencing factors amongnursing students in the West Black Sea Region in Turkey. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptivestudy was conducted between April-May, 2014. The sample was 270 female nursing students. Data were collectedby Personal Information Form and Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS). Results: The students’mean age was 21.6±2.09 and 81.1% had knowledge about breast cancer from their academic education. It isfound that 63.7% of the students performed Breast Self-Examination (BSE) and 11.1% had a family memberdiagnosed with breast cancer. The CHBMS mean score of the students was 117.7±14.5. Conclusions: Breastcancer awareness of nursing students is on a good level and was affected by family history of breast cancer andhealth beliefs.