Effectiveness of information education communication on knowledge regarding breast self - Examination Among college students

Breast cancer is one of the leading cancers among women in the world. Breast self - examination and clinical breast examination are carried out to improve breast cancer outcome. This study had assessed the effectiveness of IEC on knowledge regarding Breast self - examination. A quasi experimental, pre - experiment alone group pre -test post -test design was adopted. Pre -test was done through structured knowledge questionnaire. Post - test was conducted after seven days of IEC. The findings revealed that, there was a highly significant difference between pre - test and post - test knowledge (t=26.15,<0.05) which depicted that IEC was effective in enhancing the knowledge of college students on breast self -examination.