Open AccessMissed opportunities for breast awareness information among women attending the maternal and child health services of an urban tertiary hospital in Northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Lofty-John Chukwuemeka Anyanwu,
Oluseun Mubo Anyanwu,
AA Yakubu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.163791
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , breast cancer , interview , breast cancer awareness , developing country , pediatrics , cancer , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Breast cancer is the most common cancer that affects women worldwide. Many women, however, are not exposed to information that will promote awareness and early detection of this disease. We undertook this study to determine the missed opportunities to breast awareness information at the maternal and child health (MCH) services of our hospital.