Results of a rural breast health education demonstration project.
The Healthy People 2000-National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives call for an increase in breast health education to the public to increase women's knowledge about breast cancer and the benefits of screening. A breast health outreach education intervention for community health professionals was designed, implemented, and evaluated. The barriers to continuing education of health professionals of rural areas were addressed. Low-cost, county-based seminars using a comprehensive breast health education curriculum were provided for community health professionals. The intervention demonstrated an increase in a professional's knowledge about breast cancer and breast cancer screening, and an increase in their breast self-examination skills. Six months after intervention, community health professionals reported an increase in the frequency of their breast self-examination performance.
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D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012423:Rural Health