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    KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE REGULAR FEMALE STUDENTS IN WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2021-10) BALCHA TSEGAYE,; GETACHEWU FEKEDE,; BEZUAYEHU DEMEKE
    INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is preventable if detected early sufficiently. The earlier it is detected, the better the effectiveness of the treatment and the likelihood of survival. Breast cancer screening methods include breast self-examination, clinical breast examination and mammography, and these are usually done in combination. Breast self-examination is the recommended method in developing countries because it is easy, convenient, and self and requires no specific equipment. Its purpose is to make women familiar with both the appearance and feel of their breasts as early as possible, so that they will be able to easily detect changes in their breast. OBJECTIVE: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards breast self-examination among undergraduate regular female students in Wolkite University, 2021. METHODS: Institution based descriptive cross sectional study design was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice toward breast self-examination at Wolkite University among undergraduate regular female students from August 3-28, 2021. Data was collected using semi structured questionnaire through using both open ended and close-ended question. The data was coded and entered, analyzed using the SPSS version 20 and then finally summarized and presented in tables, charts and graphs. RESULTS: Three hundred sixty undergraduate regular female students of Wolkite University participated in the study with a 96.7% response rate. Out of the 360 participants, 77.5 % of them have heard of breast self-examination and the most knew risk of breast cancer is a family history of breast cancer. 80% of the respondents have a favorable attitude towards breast self examination. Regarding practice, only 41.4% of the participants had performed breast self examination. Among those participants who ever performed breast self-examination, only 11.4% of them do breast self-examination appropriately which means in the recommended time (monthly after menstruation) and regularly. CONCLUSION: The finding showed that the participants had poor knowledge, attitude and practice toward breast self-examination. Even among the students who claimed to know about breast self-examination, the majority of the students are unaware of the benefits, appropriate timing & techniques of doing breast self-examination. Universities and other stakeholders should plan to promote provision of information, education and communication targeting females, and the general community to increase awareness to ward breast self-examination.
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    ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARDS BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS AT WORABE UNIVERSITY, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA, 2021
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITy, 2021-08) Biniyam Belachew,; Mezgebu Assefa,; Yeabsira Tekalign,
    Background: Global Burden of cancer (GLOBOCAN) 2020, reports that female breast cancer has suppressed lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer. It is also accountable for 6.9% of cancer-related death. Breast cancer ranked in the first place in terms of new cases diagnosed beside in terms of cancer death both in Africa as well as in Ethiopia. This is an alarming sign for all of us to wake and fight. Breast self-examination is simple, very low cost,non-invasive screening method. This method is more affordable for low-income nations like Ethiopia. So, as prevention is the cornerstone to fight the disease even if we can not prevent the case from happening but we can nose out it early and contribute to the better survival of all females. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast self-examination among female students in Worabe University, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2021. Methodology: The study was employed by an institutional-based cross-sectional study design. The sample size of this study was 301 female students. They are going to be randomly selected from all departments of the campus. All the necessary data was collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire after ethical clearance was obtained. Result: In this study, a total of 287 female students of Worabe University were involved with response rate of 95.3% of response rate. Consequently, the overall knowledge of the female students at Worabe University is found to be 127(44.3%) with 95% CI :(38-50%) in the case of attitude a total of 109 (38.0%) of study participants were found to have a favorable attitude towards BSE with 95% CI :(32-43%). In the end, it is found that only 54 (18.8%) of the participants have good practice of BSE with 95% CI:(14-23%). Conclusion: The status of knowledge, attitude, and practice of BSE among female students at Worabe University is insufficient. Recommendation:To prepare stage of health education,to involve mini medias and other clubs to involve in the issue ,to prepare fliers,postures and videos.