The Comparison of knowledge and practice of women who referred to health centers in Kermanshah with the same center s personnel in regarding prevention of breast cancer in 2016

Introduction: Due to the lack of systematic prevention and screening programs for controlling breast cancer in Iran, there seems to be a lack of knowledge about risk factors, signs and symptoms. The purpose of this study was to compare the knowledge and practice of women referring to health centers with the same personnel centers regarding preventing of breast cancer. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study. The population of this study is women referring to health centers in Kermanshah with the same personnel. Research samples as the two-stage cluster sampling were selected. For data analysis, SPSS version 16 and (Pearson correlation coefficient) were used. Results: 340 samples participated in this study. The average age of the personnel and referrals was 36.22 and 32/40 years. There was a significant correlation between age and level of education with knowledge score (P =< .001). The level of knowledge and practice in the personnel and referral was 49/60 and 25/57, and 50/40 and 22/21, which was statistically significant (P =< .001). Only 10/34% of the personnel and 8.70% of the referral women performed BSE tests and only in 5.90% of the personnel and 1.70% of the referral women regular and monthly. 46/50% of the personnel performed mammography which only 1/20% each year and in the referral was 34/10%, which was only 24/80% annually. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate the moderate to inadequate levels of knowledge and practice of women participating in this study. Therefore, in order to increase the knowledge and practice of women about the prevention of breast cancer, the development of screening, educational, and motivational programs to increase the participation of women in these programs, especially in the healthcare personnel who act as health messengers And in contact with other clients; highly recommended.