Title

Impact of BASE skill training among women seeking outdoor services in Rajasthan, India

Authors

Suresh Chand Bairwa¹, Deepika Kumari², Ratan Prakash Dhir³, Mamta Mishra⁴ & Lokesh Parashar¹*

Affiliation

¹Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Alwar, Rajasthan, India; ²Department of Anesthesiology, Government Medical College, Alwar, Rajasthan, India; ³Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, Haryana, India; ⁴Department of Microbiologist, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Suresh Chand Bairwa - E-mail: suresh.chand244@gmail.com
Deepika Kumari - E-mail: dipika3352@gmail.com
Ratan Prakash Dhir - E-mail: rpdhir.dr@gmail.com
Mamta Mishra - E-mail: mansianya@gmail.com

Lokesh Parashar - E-mail: lokeshparashar3889@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is an accepted screening method for early detection of breast cancer. Study aims to evaluate the effect of training of this skill in women's KAP. An opportunistic, quasi-interventional study was conducted May 2022 to December 2022 at the rural health training center (RHTC) area of S.M.S Medical College, Jaipur. A total of 330 women attending the outdoor event were trained in breast awareness & self-examination (BASE) skill and its impact in terms of breast cancer knowledge, attitude, and practice were followed up and assessed telephonically by a pre-designed, pre-validated questionnaire. It was found that 30.4% of the respondents showed an increase in knowledge, while 45.8% and 7% showed an increase in attitude and practice respectively. Thus, enhancement of breast cancer awareness is need. Further, focusing on recognized barriers by healthcare professionals with the involvement of spouses, family and community would have a substantial benefit in early detection of breast cancer.

Keywords

Breast self-examination; breast cancer; knowledge attitude & practices; quasi-interventional study

Citation

Bairwa et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2377-2382 (2025)

Edited by

Akshaya Ojha

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.