The Effect of Education Given According to the Health Belief Model on Breast Examination Skills

The randomized controlled study to examine the effects of the educational interventions on BSE by revealing the breast self-examination (BSE) practices and breast health beliefs of female students studying at the university were completed with 101 students, 51 of whom were in the "experimental" and 50 "control" groups. The data were collected between November and December 2022 at a university in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey, using the 'Personal Information Form', 'BSE Practice Skill Assessment Form' and the 'Health Belief Model Scale' as a pre-test. As an initiative, 'BSE training given according to the Health Belief Model', which includes 120 minutes of training, including theoretical and model-based BSE practice, was implemented. Then, 3 weeks later, the 'BSE Application Skill Evaluation Form' was applied as a post-test. Data were analyzed using Indepent Sample and Paired Sample t-test, Benferroni test, Pearson correlation analysis.