Why are we still promoting breast self-examination?

摘要

Nurses have long been advocates of breast self-examination (BSE), believing that not only were they promoting a practice that could be life-saving but that they were also empowering women to take greater control over their health. There is an abundance of research in the nursing literature reporting the measurement of women's BSE practices, the psychometric correlates of BSE practice and strategies attempting to increase BSE practice among women (Champion and Menon, 1997; Chouliara et al., 2004; Petro-Nustus and Mikhail, 2002; Reis et al., 2004; Secginli and Nahcivan,2004).