title: The relationship between self-esteem, health habits, and knowledge of BSE practice in female inmates.
abstract: This article reports on data derived from an investigation of the self-esteem, health habits, and knowledge of breast self-examination (BSE) practice in female inmates. A descriptive correlational study was conducted with a prison sample of 197 adult females incarcerated in a women's state prison. Major findings of the study suggest that female inmates in general had medium to high self-esteem, poor health habits before incarceration, and minimal knowledge about BSE practice. Only 26% reported correct knowledge related to frequency in BSE practice, and few reported that they knew correct BSE technique. In addition, findings suggest that a correlation does not exist between self-esteem and knowledge of BSE practice, and participants' last grade completed served as a good predictor of women's knowledge of BSE practice.
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Norcross 30092, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D016504:Breast Self-Examination / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*