• IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMMES ON THE PREVENTION OF BREAST CANCER AMONGST NIGERIAN WOMEN


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The research focused on evaluating the impact of breast cancer awareness Programmes on the prevention of breast cancer amongst Nigerian women. Five research questions guided the study. A survey method which employed a structured questionnaire was employed for data collection from 400 Edo women. The findings showed the inadequacies that characterized the media campaigns on breast cancer in the Edo State. The result revealed that most women had knowledge of breast cancer but the knowledge was not deep rooted. Consequently, most of the breast cancer programmes that were featured in these media ca ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]INTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the StudyBreast cancer is the most common malignancy and first cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide with a world number of new cases estimated at 1,384,155 in 2008.[1] Its worldwide prevalence is still on the rise and nowadays breast cancer is considered to be an increasing public health problem among populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, a recent population-based study of cancer survival in Africa, Asia and Central America found unacceptably low breast cancer survival rates in African countries especially in Gambia where the 5 ... Continue Reading