Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Application of the Champion Health Belief Model to det ermine bel iefs and behaviors of 
Turkish women academicians regarding breast cancer scr eening : A cross sectional descriptive 
study  
 
Version: 2 Date: 31 Jul 2019  
 
Reviewer: Parisa Koukamari  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The manuscript was been touched on a very nice topic. The Breast cancer is one of the  most 
common cancer among women. Therefore, every woman needs to do breast self -examination 
from 20 years old. This manuscript may be published after the necessary corrections have been 
made.  
 
The required corrections were indicated both on the article and  below.  
 
1-The sixth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, twenty -two, twenty -three, thirty -one , 
thirty -two references are old references.  
 
2-The authors need to give the details of the questionnaire ;Add an example of each construct 
right aft er that / its not a new scale, so you should report reliability and validity of main source in 
your manuscript/ please add sampling formula.  
 
3-What is your article innovation?  
 
-Discussion:the researcher disused the results of the current study comparing wi th the previous 
literature only without adequate rational of expecting or surprising results. Thus, further 
elaboration in this section is recommended  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the aut hors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
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 manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
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