Breast Self Assessment

Research Questions According to statistics, early detection of the disease through self-examination and screening greatly improves mortality rate, nevertheless, a segment of the populace continues to suffer higher death rates. This has been found to be largely due to discovery of the disease at an advanced stage caused by a variety of reasons such as low income, lack of access to care, lack of a usual health care provider, lack of recommendation from a provider to get mammography screening, and lack of awareness of breast cancer risks and screening methods (rephrase).
In response to these barriers, Breast and Cervical Early detection programs have been instituted to provide early detection testing to low-income, underserved, under-insured and uninsured women in the US (reference). Although there are research efforts to determine effective methods and strategies for increasing awareness, there remains a gap …show more content…
The nurses will provided a demonstration to the women and provide each participant an opportunity to practice it. This will be done as many times as possible until the participants feel confident about it. In the third phase, participants will be educated on screening examinations such as mammogram, clinical breast exam (CBE) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Each procedure will be clearly explained to the participants. They will also be informed about the opportunities for screening and when each method is appropriate or applicable. In both the second and third phases, the necessity of early detection will be greatly emphasized especially as it improves the chances of catching and treating the disease early. The nurses will provide extensive information about the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection program (NBCCEDP) which provides low-income, uninsured and underserved women access to timely cancer screening (Roubion-Johnson & Williams,