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Training Program for Girls with Hearing Disability about Breast Self- Examination in Assiut City

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Background: Girls with hearing disability continue to undervalue the practice of breast self-examination, despite Egypt's ever-expanding programs to raise breast cancer awareness. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of the training program for girls with hearing disability about breast self-examination in Assiut City. Research Design: Quantitative research pre/post one group intervention design was applied. Setting: Al-aml school for dumb and deaf girls in Assiut City. Subjects: A convenient sample was used to include 153 adolescent girls with hearing disability. Data collection tools: Two tools were utilized: Tool one: Designed interview questionnaire comprised from three parts: Part (1): Personal data, part (2): Girls' family history of breast cancer and data about breast self-examination and part (3): Questions to assess knowledge of girls regarding breast cancer and breast self-examination. Tool II: Breast self-examination observational checklist. Results: It noticed from the current results that 46% of girls aged less than 18 years, 90.8% from rural area, 71.9% weren't know about breast self-examination. The girls' mean of knowledge and practices regarding breast self-examination was in pre-program 12.28 and 2.26 while it enhanced to be 36.03 and 9.67 with significant improvement after the program application. Conclusion: The training program improved knowledge and practices of breast self-examination among girls with hearing disability. Recommendations: Continuous training program about breast self-examination for girls with special need to increase their awareness regarding early detection of breast cancer.

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10.21608/ejhc.2024.358533

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Shaimaa

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M. Goda

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Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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Shimaa

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Elwardany Aly

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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M. Abd El Hafez

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Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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Shaimaa

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A. Khalaf

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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15

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2

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46847

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2024-06-01

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2024-06-05

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2024-06-01

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939

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952

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Training Program for Girls with Hearing Disability about Breast Self- Examination in Assiut City

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24 Dec 2024