Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Application of the Champion Health Belief Model to determine  beliefs and behaviors of 
Turkish women academicians regarding breast cancer screening : A cross sectional descriptive 
study  
 
Version: 0 Date: 10 Apr 2019  
 
Reviewer: Camila Moreira  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Firstly, I would like to congratulate authors for the interest in investigate about breast cancer, and 
specially regarding the CHBMS. Secondly, I would like to invite them to go through updates and 
recent p ublication about this topic in available databases. Thus, I recommend the following 
points to be consider which came to my attention:  
 
- BSE is not a PRIMARY prevention, but a SECONDARY. Please, check definitions. So, it is 
required adjusts through article in purpose to rearrange that.  
 
- You could focus the article goals touching promotion of breast health instead emphasize breast 
cancer itself, once BSE has not much efficacy and efficiency to early breast cancer detection, and 
either some countries are not recommending this practice anymore. So, you could discuss about 
it and point the situation in different countries around the world.  
 
- CHBMS was not originally created in 1993, but in 1984. Please, review methods section and 
rewrite properly. As well, check  references. I assume you miss -input reference numbers (e.g. 10 
instead 11).  
 
- Please, revise all your references and update as many as you can (keep 2014 as the latest 
publication year, when possible).    
 
- I realized you accessed young woman because that  is the rate age for academic audience. 
However, you should provide explanation about that relevance of that in this kind of population. 
Is that something worldwide relevant? Or locally? Give more details why this research was done 
using this kind of popul ation and its relation with promotion of breast health, even better than 
breast cancer once this would be more an elderly topic.  
 
- This is a simple descriptive study, I did not understand Strobe.  
 
- Please, improve discussion section.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is re quired in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscr ipt: 
 
Acceptable  
 
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