title: Effects of health teaching in the workplace on women's knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding breast self-examination.
abstract: This study had two primary purposes: to examine the effects of group and individual teaching by nurses in the workplace on 140 female office employees' health knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding breast self-examination and to identify factors associated with frequency of practice. Skill in technique, confidence in the skill, and frequency of breast self-examination increased significantly with both teaching formats, but there were areas of technique that needed further improvement. Perceived susceptibility to breast cancer and perceived benefits of breast self-examination increased significantly only with individual teaching; knowledge was not increased with either teaching format.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010173:Palpation; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D012648:Self Care; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods