A cross-sectional survey of 370 female teachers working at Governmental schools in Gaza city was conducted. Twenty four schools were selected randomly of all female schools of the city that included primary, preparatory and secondary. In each school all-female teachers aged 35-45 year were invited to fill out a self- administered questionnaire to investigate knowledge and behavior toward @entity0 screening. The survey revealed that more than 75% of @entity1 had never undergone clinical breast examination and 60% had never undergone mammography, whereas 62% performed @entity0 ( @entity0 ). @entity1 who performed @entity0 had significantly higher knowledge about @entity0 screening (P=0.001). @entity1 attending CBE and mammography screening also had significantly higher knowledge (P=0.001). There were significant associations between the practices and presence of positive @entity0 family history (P= 0.002) and the level of education of husbands (P=0.024). The oldest @entity1 demonstrated higher performance rates of screening methods than the youngest (P = 0.001). Lack of breast screening knowledge was identified among more than one third of the @entity1 , and 24.6% of @entity1 did not know any screening method. About a half of @entity1 harboured misconceptions about @entity0 screening, including the belief that @entity0 not treatable. @entity1 residing in Gaza city (P=0.00) and with husbands less educated were more likely to have a high level of misconceptions (P=0.01).

XXXX Knowledge and Screening Behavior among Female School Teachers in Gaza City.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Women'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast self-examination', 'breast cancer', 'BSE']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['Breast Cancer']
