title: Breast cancer prevention education at a shopping center in Israel: a student nurse community health project.
abstract: Community health nursing at the baccalaureate level emphasizes health prevention education. With this focus in view, fourth-year students at a nursing school in Israel were required to organize, present, and evaluate a health fair. One of the subjects presented was breast cancer prevention and early detection. To implement their project, students employed health marketing, educational, and communicational skills. The breast cancer booth, located at a shopping center, served 200 women and 7 men with information on prevention and early detection over a period of about 3 hr. The health fair design, execution, and evaluation successfully met the course goals. In addition, a large public was reached, much interest was displayed, and positive feedback was received.
authors.affiliation: Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wruble
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alkobi-Kedushim
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Musgrave
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006277:Health Fairs / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013338:Students, Nursing