Breast cancer awareness among Turkish nursing students.

BACKGROUND

This study conducted to determine breast cancer awareness and influencing factors among nursing students in the West Black Sea Region in Turkey.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between April-May, 2014. The sample was 270 female nursing students. Data were collected by Personal Information Form and Champion's Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS).

RESULTS

The students' mean age was 21.6±2.09 and 81.1% had knowledge about breast cancer from their academic education. It is found that 63.7% of the students performed Breast Self-Examination (BSE) and 11.1% had a family member diagnosed with breast cancer. The CHBMS mean score of the students was 117.7±14.5.

CONCLUSIONS

Breast cancer awareness of nursing students is on a good level and was affected by family history of breast cancer and health beliefs.