Skyfox Publishing Group

Skyfox Publishing

International journal of Agricultural and Life Sciences

2454-6127

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Tamil Nadu, INDIA

s122000106

10.22573/spg.ijals.021.s122000106

Research article

A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Nursing Intervention on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Breast Cancer and Breast Self Examination among Women in Selected Area at Salem

T.Gomathi

C.Sheeja

S.Annam

1M.Sc (N) II Year student, Shanmuga College of Nursing, Salem- 636007

Associate Professor, Dept of Medical Surgical, Shanmuga College of Nursing, Salem- 636007

Professor cum Principal Shanmuga College of Nursing, Salem- 636007

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

* E-mail: thiru_gomathi@yahoo.com

09 2021

12 2021

7 4

http://dx.doi.org/10.22573/spg.ijals.021.s122000106

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

The women in rural area lacked knowledge regarding breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE). The study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of planned nursing intervention to enhance knowledge and practice regarding breast cancer and breast self-examination among women in selected area at Salem. Breast cancer as a group of malignant diseases that commonly occur in the female breast than in the male breast. Breast cancer is one of the commonest causes of death in many developed countries in the middle age women and is becoming frequent in the developing countries.

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