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ABSTRACT: The primary site of cancer in Turkish women is breast cancer. The incidence of breast cancer is increasing in Turkey.
The aim of the research was to educate women 40 years and older to increase their awareness on early detection and diagnosis, to facilitate the use of the early diagnosis methods, to improve the women's beliefs in relation breast cancer, and to increase the use of Cancer Early Diagnosis and Screening Centers available in the city.
The target population of the research was 5000 women. Forty selected women were educated as peer educators. Twenty-five of them were selected as principal peer educator. Each peer educator was expected to educate 200 women. Peer trainers educated their peer and also arranged for the mammography appointment of the women who decided to have theirs taken. Data were obtained before and after the training by Champion's Health Belief Model Scale, questionnaire forms, and Cancer Early Diagnosis and Screening Centers data for mammography practice.
Breast cancer was detected in 8 women. Statistical analyses showed positive changes in women's health beliefs and breast self-examination knowledge. There were 20.4% of women (n = 1040) who did get mammograms, and 8% (n = 8) of women were found to have cancer in all of those screened.
Peer education was found to be effective for increasing the knowledge, beliefs, and practice of women related to breast cancer.
Peers can reinforce learning through ongoing contact. Peer education can be used to improve early diagnosis of breast cancer and breast cancer awareness in asymptomatic women.
Cancer nursing 03/2010; 33(3):213-20. · 1.88 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The Breast Cancer Train the Trainer (TTT) program was designed to increase breast cancer awareness, improve knowledge about breast cancer among nurses, and provide quality care for breast cancer patients by trained nurses. A total of three programs were held and 82 nurses from different regions of Turkey attended this training. The educational activities employed several teaching and learning strategies. After completion, we determined that the participating nurses' knowledge on breast cancer had increased significantly, and they were satisfied with the training received. The Breast Cancer TTT program is a unique educational endeavor for nurses in Turkey, and our results showed that the training achieved its goal. Trained nurses in Breast Cancer TTT programs can help educate women about the importance of breast health and the measures they need to take to protect themselves against breast cancer. At the same time, nurses can also increase and enhance the quality of life in patients with breast cancer. This is an example of a program that can easily be spread throughout the world as it was done from England and Australia to Turkey.
Journal of Cancer Education 02/2010; 25(3):324-8. · 0.76 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To develop a valid and reliable scale to assess nursing student performance in clinical settings.
In nursing education, clinical evaluation is important for students, teachers and patients and there is a need to evaluate with valid and reliable scales.
Instrument development.
Data were collected at 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 academic years and 350 evaluations of third and fourth year students formed the study population. In the light of the literature and our experiences, we determined clinical responsibilities of nursing students and wrote 77 items accordingly. These items were discussed twice by 17 teachers at a University School of Nursing and then the items were decreased to 28. Each item was scored between 1 and 10. The structure validity of the scale was evaluated with factor analyses and reliability of the scale with Cronbach's alpha and item-to-total correlation.
The item-to-total correlation coefficient was 0.40 and items were excluded with item-to-total correlation coefficient of lower than 0.40. Cronbach's alpha was 0.97. Three factors with an eigenvalue greater than one were extracted. These factors were 'nursing process', 'professionalism' and 'ethical principles' and their Cronbach's alpha values were 0.97, 0.94 and 0.87, respectively.
This scale can be used to evaluate nursing students' performance in clinical settings.
A valid and reliable tool may allow an objective evaluation of nursing students' performance in clinical settings.
Journal of Clinical Nursing 05/2009; 18(8):1123-30. · 1.12 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Young breast cancer patients have a lower rate of survival than old breast cancer patients due to being diagnosed at advanced stages. Breast self-examination makes women more "breast aware", which in turn may lead to an earlier diagnosis of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge and practice of breast self-examination and to determine knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer among high school students.
This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. It was conducted in a high school in Manisa, Turkey. The study sample included 718 female high school students. A socio-demographic characteristics data form, knowledge of breast self examination and risk factors for breast cancer form and breast self examination practice form were used to collect data.
The female high school students had insufficient knowledge about breast self-examination and a low percentage of students reported that they had performed breast self examination monthly. The most common reason for not doing breast self- examination was "not knowing how to perform breast self-examination" (98.5%). Most of the students had little knowledge of the risk factors for breast cancer. The most widely known risk factor by the students was personal history of breast cancer (68.7%). There was a significant relation between breast self-examination practice and age, school grade, knowledge about breast cancer and knowledge about breast self- examination.
There is a need to increase knowledge of adolescent females about the risks of breast cancer and benefits of early detection. In fact, health care professionals can develop effective breast health care programs and help young women to acquire good health habits.
BMC Public Health 11/2008; 8:359. · 2.00 Impact Factor
