Alang, Mohamad Hafiz Firdas (2021) Knowledge and Practice Towards Prevention of Breast Cancer among Working Staff in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common type of cancer that spread among woman. Breast cancer was ranked as the second on the causes of death after lung cancer. With the knowledge of breast cancer prevention, the death cause by breast cancer among women can be reduced especially among the lecturer because they can provide information about breast cancer prevention while giving lecture to the students. With the knowledge also can provide early treatment for those who already develop symptoms of breast cancer. Objectives: The general objective is to determine the level of knowledge and practice of breast cancer prevention among working staff in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was chosen for this research. This study was conducted in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia and the working staff as the respondent. The data were collected from June until September, 2021 from 52 staff that working in in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The data were collected using online google form. The questionnaire used is taken and modified from Madubogwu, et. al. 2017. This questionnaire is relevant to be used as it covers the aspects of socio demographic, knowledge of breast cancer and the prevention, knowledge and practice of BSE, knowledge and practice of CBE and lastly is the knowledge and use of mammography. This one questionnaire has included everything that is need to assess the knowledge of breast cancer and the knowledge on the preventive measures of breast cancer. Descriptive analysis such as frequency, mean, and standard deviation was used to describe the socio-demography characteristic and level of knowledge. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 49.79 ±2.81 years old and 90.6% (48) were married. All the respondents, 52 (100%) have heard of breast cancer. Conclusion: In this study, there is a significant correlation between level of knowledge and the practice of breast cancer preventive measure. Most of the working staff are aware of breast cancer and this a good situation because they can share the knowledge with the students and make sure that breast cancer can be detect early and the preventive measure are taken by the students. Keywords: Breast Cancer, Level of knowledge, Breast Self-Examination, Clinical Breast Examination, Mammography.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2023 03:35 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2023 03:35 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1096 |
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