<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
				
				 Introduction. Breast cancer is the most common malignant cancer in women in Poland. Health behaviors concerning lifestyle and breast self-examination (BSE) constitute a significant element of early prevention.
				Aim. To determine the level of the women’s health behaviors and selected determinants in breast cancer prevention.
				Material and methods. The study was carried out among 144 female residents of Radom County from March to April, 2014. The diagnostic survey method was applied with an author’s questionnaire compiled for this purpose.
				Results. The average level of health behavior was presented by 64.6 % of the women while the low level by 32.6 %. The evaluation of awareness of risk factors and breast cancer prevention revealed that 54.9% of the respondents obtained the maximum score. The lowest result equals 19.3 % whereas the highest one is 88.6%. The total of 53.5 % of the females declared embarrassment on clinical breast examination (CBE).
				Conclusions. A higher level of health behaviors is found in the women with higher education and greater knowledge of breast cancer risk factors. The respondents who experience greater embarrassment during clinical breast examination present a lower level of health behaviors
			</abstract>

Introduction. Breast cancer is the most common malignant cancer in women in Poland. Health behaviors concerning lifestyle and breast self-examination (BSE) constitute a significant element of early prevention.
				Aim. To determine the level of the women’s health behaviors and selected determinants in breast cancer prevention.
				Material and methods. The study was carried out among 144 female residents of Radom County from March to April, 2014. The diagnostic survey method was applied with an author’s questionnaire compiled for this purpose.
				Results. The average level of health behavior was presented by 64.6 % of the women while the low level by 32.6 %. The evaluation of awareness of risk factors and breast cancer prevention revealed that 54.9% of the respondents obtained the maximum score. The lowest result equals 19.3 % whereas the highest one is 88.6%. The total of 53.5 % of the females declared embarrassment on clinical breast examination (CBE).
				Conclusions. A higher level of health behaviors is found in the women with higher education and greater knowledge of breast cancer risk factors. The respondents who experience greater embarrassment during clinical breast examination present a lower level of health behaviors

Women’s health behaviors and selected determinants in breast cancer prevention / Zachowania zdrowotne kobiet i wybrane ich determinanty w profilaktyce raka piersi

Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej i Pielęgniarstwa Środowiskowego Katedra Onkologii i Środowiskowej Opieki Zdrowotnej Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie

Koło Naukowe przy Katedrze Onkologii i Środowiskowej Opieki Zdrowotnej, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie

Studia Doktoranckie, Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej i Pielęgniarstwa Środowiskowego, Katedra Onkologii i Środowiskowej Opieki Zdrowotnej, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie

Studium Praktycznej Nauki Języków Obcych, I Wydział Lekarski z Oddziałem Stomatologicznym Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie

Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej i Pielęgniarstwa Środowiskowego Katedra Onkologii i Środowiskowej Opieki Zdrowotnej, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie ul. Staszica 4/6, 20-081 Lublin tel. (81) 448 68 10

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Introduction. Breast cancer is the most common malignant cancer in women in Poland. Health behaviors concerning lifestyle and breast self-examination (BSE)...

Women’s health behaviors and selected determinants in breast cancer prevention / Zachowania zdrowotne kobiet i wybrane ich determinanty w profilaktyce raka piersi

Published Online: Aug 04, 2016

Page range: 26 - 33

Received: May 02, 2016

Accepted: May 23, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2016-0014

Keywords
prevention, breast cancer, women, health behaviors, determinants

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Women’s health behaviors and selected determinants in breast cancer prevention / Zachowania zdrowotne kobiet i wybrane ich determinanty w profilaktyce raka piersi

Published Online: Aug 04, 2016

Page range: 26 - 33

Received: May 02, 2016

Accepted: May 23, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2016-0014

Keywordsprevention, breast cancer, women, health behaviors, determinants

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
prevention, breast cancer, women, health behaviors, determinants