Assessment of Factors Associated with Breast Self-Examination among Health Extension Workers in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Knowledge of HEWs on breast cancer in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2012.

Variables	Total study subject
	Number (395)	Percent
Knowledge of risk factors of breast cancer
Knowledgeable	233	59
Less knowledgeable	162	41
Every woman has a chance of acquiring breast cancer
Yes	191	48.1
No	204	51.6
Breast cancer is communicable
Yes	67	17.0
No	328	83.0
Breast cancer is a killer disease
Yes	366	92.7
No	29	7.3
Know at least one methods of screening for breast cancer
Yes	120	30.4
No	275	69.6
If breast cancer is early detected, it is treatable
Yes	321	81.3
No	74	18.7