Socio-Demographic Correlates to Preventive Behaviour Toward Breast Cancer among Women in Rivers East Senatorial District

Abstract:

This study investigated how socio-demographic correlates to breast cancer’s preventive behaviour among women in Rivers East Senatorial District. The descriptive cross-sectional research design was adopted for the study. The study population consisted of all 545,056 women in Rivers East Senatorial District with a sample size of 1,200 women determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula and selected using the multistage sampling procedure. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.71 and analysed using mean and standard deviation (SD) and regression statistics at 0.05 alpha level. The study’s finding showed that preventive behaviour towards breast cancer was significantly related to educational level (r = 0.102; p<0.05) only. While marital status and age were not found to have a statistically significant relationship with preventive behaviour towards breast cancer, it was concluded that preventive behaviour towards breast cancer which were significantly related to their educational level. It was recommended that health educators establish a sustainable awareness campaign for women about breast cancer preventive practices through mass and social media and other communication channels such as posters, handbills, and flyers.