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Awareness and its determinant factors towards breast examination to detect breast cancer among reproductive age women in Kenya: Multi level analysis of the recent demographic and health survey data

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  • Mulugeta Wassie
  • Alebachew Ferede Zegeye
  • Agazhe Aemro
  • Bewuketu Terefe
  • Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke
  • Belayneh Shetie Workneh
  • Berhan Tekeba
  • Mohamed Seid Ali
  • Enyew Getaneh Mekonen
  • Tadesse Tarik Tamir

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Introduction: Worldwide, breast cancer accounts for about 2.3 million new cases and 685,000 deaths, making it the second most common cancer in women. It can be detected through breast examination like mammograms, self-breast examination and clinical breast examinations in the early stage potentially before it spreads to other organs. The current study aimed to determine the awareness of breast examination to detect breast cancer and its determinant factors. Methods: A total of 16,474 women of reproductive age were included. The 2022 Kenyan demographic and health survey dataset were used. The data were analyzed using STATA version14.0. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression was employed to identify potential factors of the outcome variable. Variables with p-values

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  • Mulugeta Wassie & Alebachew Ferede Zegeye & Agazhe Aemro & Bewuketu Terefe & Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke & Belayneh Shetie Workneh & Berhan Tekeba & Mohamed Seid Ali & Enyew Getaneh Mekonen & Tadesse Tar, 2024. "Awareness and its determinant factors towards breast examination to detect breast cancer among reproductive age women in Kenya: Multi level analysis of the recent demographic and health survey data," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(12), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0314700
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314700
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    1. Mahasen S. Al-Najar & Arwa Nsairat & Bushra Nababteh & Dania Essam & Dhelal Tarawneh & Nasr Alrabadi & Karem H. Alzoubi, 2021. "Awareness About Breast Cancer Among Adult Women in Jordan," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(4), pages 21582440211, November.
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