Level of awareness of mammography among women attending outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID15375111
AuthorsMillicent O Obajimi, IkeOluwapo O Ajayi (0000-0001-7719-8746, University College Hospital, Ibadan), Abideen O Oluwasola, Babatunde Adedokun (0000-0002-6893-6468, University College Hospital, Ibadan), Babatunde O Adedokun, Adenike Adeniji-Sofoluwe (0000-0002-2180-9971, University College Hospital, Ibadan), Adenike T Adeniji-Sofoluwe, O Mosuro (University College Hospital, Ibadan), Olushola A Mosuro, Titilola S Akingbola (0000-0002-3100-179X, University College Hospital, Ibadan), Oku S Bassey (University College Hospital, Ibadan), Eric Okechukwu Umeh (0000-0002-3217-9581, University College Hospital, Ibadan), Eric Umeh, Temitope O Soyemi (University College Hospital, Ibadan), Folasade Adegoke (University College Hospital, Ibadan), Idiat Ogungbade (University College Hospital, Ibadan), Chinwe Ukaigwe (University College Hospital, Ibadan), Olufunmilayo I Olopade (0000-0002-9936-1599, University of Chicago)
Year2013
Volume13
Issue1
Pages40-40
Publication date2013-01-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-13-40
PMID23324312
PMCIDPMC3679823
OpenAlexW2021304434
LanguageEN
References cited18

The level of awareness of mammography is poor among women attending outpatient clinics in the studied population. Interventions promoting awareness of this screening procedure should give particular attention to the illiterate and older women while clinicians performing breast examinations should utilize the opportunity to inform women about the mammography procedure. Promotion of educational articles on breast cancer and its screening methods via media remains vital for the literate

Biostatistics · Breast cancer · Breast cancer screening · Cancer · Environmental health · Family medicine · Gynecology · Mammography · Outpatient clinic · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · AI in cancer detection · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Nursing · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics