Background of the study: Breast self-examination is one of the screening procedures. Although the effectiveness of self-examination as a breast cancer screening strategy is debatable, the American Cancer Society advises women to be aware of the natural texture of their breasts and to report any changes to their doctor. Breast self-examinations on a regular basis can help discover a tumor at an early stage. Treatment is more likely to be successful if the tumor is identified early. Furthermore, self-examinations are a straightforward, low-cost approach that any woman can do at any age. According to a study “Breast Cancer is more prevalent in women worldwide ” Keeping this in view the investigator conducted “A Study To Assess The “Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching Programme On Knowledge Regarding Breast Self-Examination Among Women In Selected Area At Kanpur, U.P.” Objectives: 1.To assess the existing knowledge of adult women regarding Breast self-examination. 2. To assess the knowledge of adult women regarding Breast self-examination after the intervention.3.To evaluate the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme regarding breast self-examination 4.To find out an association between post-test knowledge with their selected socio-demographic variable. Material and Method Quantitative Research Approach was adopted; along with pre-experimental (one group pre-test post-test) research design was used.The non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the 60 adult women. Data was collected from selected rural area of Kanpur; Uttar Pradesh by self-reporting method with the socio-demographic data of adult women along with structured tool made by researcher (structured knowledge questionnaire) was used to collect the data. As data was analysed by using descriptive statistics RESULT- ? In pre-test, out of 60 adult women 48(80%) had poor knowledge, 12(20%) had average knowledge and none of adult women had good knowledge. ? In post-test, out of 60 adult women none of them had poor knowledge, 11(17%) had average knowledge and 49(83%) had good knowledge. ? Enhancement was computed by using paired “t” test at 0.05 level of significance, it was found to be 11.60 in knowledge, indicating that there is a significant improvement in the knowledge of adult women.
Structured teaching programme, effectiveness, knowledge, Breast self-examination.
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