Actitud y conducta frente al autoexamen de mama entre profesionales de salud en Chile

Resumen

This study was carried out from April to December 1990 in the commune of Valdivia, Chile and involved 207 physicians, nurses, midwives, and nurse-midwives. The objective was to determine the relationship between subjective attitude and personal behavior on the part of these health professionals with regard to the practice of monthly breast self-examination (BSE). The data were collected by means of an instrument designed to measure attitudes, which was prepared by Victoria Lee Champion (1984) on the basis of the health beliefs model of Becker, et al. (1974). Also included were questions aimed at ascertaining the personal and sociodemographic background of the professionals surveyed and their knowledge of several aspects of breast cancer and BSE