International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 4(3), pp. 78-95. May, 2016.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2016.012

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the Beliefs and Practice of breast cancer detection and prevention, among female secondary school teachers in Bayelsa State. The research design was a cross sectional survey. Nine hundred and seventy six (976), female teachers in Bayelsa State were sampled, using multistage sampling procedures. The research instrument was a self- structured and validated questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.78 using the person product moment correlation. The statistical tools used for the analysis of the data were descriptive statistics of percentage, mean and inferential statistics of chi-square and one- way ANOVA using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) batch system. Results showed that majority of the female teachers (x ̅ =3.15) had right beliefs about breast cancer detection and prevention but the practice of breast cancer detective and preventive measures were below average (35.6%). Also the result showed that demographic variables such as religion, marital status and location had no significant influence on practice of breast cancer detection and prevention. Likewise location has significant influence on beliefs about breast cancer detection and prevention. It was recommended that; health education campaigns should be carried out to enlightened the public especially teachers on the importance of putting into practice the detective and preventive measures of breast cancer, because having right beliefs about something is important but putting it into practice will yield a better result. State government should sponsor and organize workshops/ seminars on the importance of putting in to practice the detective and preventive measures of breast cancer, among women in general. There is urgent need to design more interventions and also to implement and re-enforce existing cancer awareness and cancer screening programmes.

Keywords: Beliefs, Practice, Breast cancer, Detection and Prevention, Health Implication

 

Cite This Article As: Okpako JEF, Ikemike DO (2016). Beliefs and Practice of Breast Cancer Detection and Prevention: The Health Implication. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 4(3): 78-95

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