The influence of perceived benefits, risk perception and cultural belief towards mammogram screening intention among women in Bujang Valley / Aina Nabila Mohd Radzi and Nurkhalidah Pabli

Mohd Radzi, Aina Nabila and Pabli, Nurkhalidah (2017) The influence of perceived benefits, risk perception and cultural belief towards mammogram screening intention among women in Bujang Valley / Aina Nabila Mohd Radzi and Nurkhalidah Pabli. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most frequent diagnosed cancer among women worldwide (Globocan, 2008; World Health Organization, 2013; Soskolne, Marie & Manor, 2006). According to Globocan (2012), the estimation of breast cancer incidence rate of population is 1.7 million people. According to American Cancer Society (2015), in 2015, it is estimated 231,840 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among women and approximately 40,290 women will be died from breast cancer. Breast cancer disease is the most common cancer after lung cancer when ranked by cancer occurrence in both sexes, (Ferlay, Hery, Autier & Sankaranarayanan, 2010). According to National Cancer Institute (2017), globally the total number of new cases of breast cancer diagnosed annually exceeds one million, and this figure is expected to reach 1.6 million by 2015 in United States.

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Mohd Radzi, Aina Nabila 2015135235 Pabli, Nurkhalidah 2015164983
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Medical care R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Women—Health and hygiene R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Health behavior and habits
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus > Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies
Programme:	Administrative Science and Policy Studies
Keywords:	Women, cancer, health
Date:	2017
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35360