Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on Knowledge of early detection of breast cancer among Anganwadi teachers in selected Anganwadi’s of Maharashtra

Breast cancer is ranked the number one cancer among Indian women with a rate as high as 25.8 per 1, 00,000 women and mortality of 27.7 according to health ministry report 2017. Medical advances have shown that one third of all cancers are preventable and a further one third, if diagnosed sufficiently early, is potentially curable. This observation demands that cancer control should be of increasing priority in the health care programms of developing countries. One potentially important strategy in reducing breast cancer mortality is the use to achieve earlier detection of cancer. The main methods of screening involve mammography, clinical breast examination (CBE), and breast self examination (BSE). Despite the advent of modern screening methods, more than 90% of cases of cancers of the breast are detected by women themselves, stressing the importance of breast self examination. Planned teaching programm is one of the methods through which awareness can be created among women regarding early detection of breast cancer.

This study was conducted to find the “Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on Knowledge of early detection of breast cancer among Anganwadi teachers in selected Anganwadi’s of Maharashtra.