Knowledge,attitude and practice towards breast cancer screening among HIV positive women attending health facilities in Imenti South Sub County,Meru county,Kenya/ (Record no. 88377)

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Classification number RA648.3.K3 2022
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Personal name Kauro,Martin Stanley
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Title Knowledge,attitude and practice towards breast cancer screening among HIV positive women attending health facilities in Imenti South Sub County,Meru county,Kenya/
Statement of responsibility, etc Kauro Martin Stanley
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Kauro Martin Stanley,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2022.
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General note A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for conferment of the degree of master of science in epidemiology of Meru University of Science and Technology
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Summary, etc The incidence of breast cancer in HIV/AIDS infected women is not well documented because they <br/>could die before detection or before development of breast cancer. With the introduction of <br/>HAART, these patients live long and have all the chance to develop breast cancer. HIV positive <br/>women with breast cancer suffers a double burden of disease hence the necessity of this study. The <br/>general objective of this study was to determine knowledge, attitude and practices affecting breast <br/>cancer screening among HIV positive women attending health facilities in Imenti South Sub <br/>County. The study employed descriptive cross section study design to collect qualitative and <br/>quantitative data. A sample size of 340 respondents was used to collect data using self<br/>administered questionnaires targeting HIV positive women from 18 years and above attending <br/>health facilities in Imenti South Sub-County. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS which <br/>included Pearson's Chi-Square (X2) and the results were presented in frequency tables. The results <br/>show there is a significant relationship between, level of education, marital status, main occupation <br/>and age on the knowledge towards level breast cancer screening. Also there is a significant <br/>relationship between age, of education, and marital status on breast cancer screening practices and <br/>finally there is significant relationship between level of education, marital status, and occupation <br/>towards breast cancer screening attitudes. The results show that 49.7% of the respondents were <br/>aware of breast cancer screening with 49.7% having heard about breast cancer screening through <br/>health care facilities. Less than half (41.2 %) of those who have ever heard of breast cancer <br/>screening, can correctly define what breast cancer screening is. Twenty point five percent of the <br/>respondent could correctly identify the appropriate age to start breast cancer screening while <br/>33.7% of the respondent could correctly identify how often should one undergo breast cancer <br/>screening. A significant negative association was found between the attitude that breast cancer <br/>cannot be cured even if early diagnosis is made against breast cancer screening uptake (61.7 % of <br/>the participant don't agree that early detected breast cancer can be successfully treated). This belief <br/>has led the participant not to engage in breast cancer screening hence the finding; fear of positive <br/>outcome makes the respondent not to participate in breast cancer screening (63 % of the respondent <br/>strongly agreed). A number of participant (11%) also felt breast cancer screening is a culturally <br/>driven secrecy. Consequently, only 34.6% of the participant has ever undergone any of breast <br/>cancer screening method. The study therefore concludes that breast cancer awareness influences <br/>the acceptance of breast cancer screening. the study recommends the following: It is recommended <br/>that the county Government of Meru in conjunction with non-governmental organization should <br/>ensure that there are training programs on breast cancer as well as other types of cancer in the <br/>comprehensive care units in order to raise the level of awareness and the importance of breast <br/>cancer screening. The Ministry of Health should come up with a breast cancer screening policy to <br/>facilitate subsidies of consultation and screening fee and introduce mobile screening units to <br/>improve uptake.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Meru University Meru University Open Shelves 22/05/2023 Meru University of science and Technology (MUST) 0.00 John Muthamia   RA648.3.K3 2022 22-36724 22/05/2023 22/05/2023 Thesis

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