title: Determining the factors that affect breast cancer and self breast examination beliefs of Turkish nurses in academia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To define factors that affect the performance status of BSE and confidence of student nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive study was conducted in the academic year 2010-2011 in a nursing faculty in I?zmir, Turkey. "Informative data form" and "Champion's Revised Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS)" were used as data collection forms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the participant nurses was 21.0±1.49. The mean CHMS scores of the student nurses were as follows: perceived susceptibility regarding breast cancer, 7.78±2.46; perceived seriousness regarding breast cancer, 22.4±5.43; perceived benefit regarding BSE application, 20.5±4.45; perceived barriers regarding BSE application, 23.8±7.13; perceived confidence regarding BSE application, 36.3±7.78; the mean score of health motivation sub-scale, 25.7±4.59; and mean of the total score of the scale, 36.5±15.01.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The outcomes obtained in this study indicated the importance of better education to student nurses, who have a key role in teaching preventive health behaviour including BSE to society and other university students as colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Turkey E-mail : sebnemcinar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sebnem Cinar
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yucel
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orgun
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokem
authors.forename: Elif Unsal
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Avdal
authors.forename: Muzeyyen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demir
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult