Abstract:
Background: Globally, Breast Cancer (BC) is the most prevalent cancer and the second reason of cancer deaths among women, and it is the most common women’s cancer in unindustrialized countries. Knowing breast cancer promotes timely screening, early detection, and treatment. This study aims to assess knowledge of breast cancer and its associated factors among of childbearing age women in the study area.
Objective: To assess knowledge of breast cancer and associated factors among the childbearing-age women group in Ambo town, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2024.
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Ambo town from February 2024 to March 2024, among 730 child bearing age of women .The study participates were selected by systematic random sampling methods from child bearing age of women Ambo town kebeles. The data were cleaned, coded and entered to Epidata version 4.7 and then export to SPSS version 26.0 for analysis. Bi-variables and Multiple binary Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors considering adjusted odd ratio at P-value<0.05 to measure the strength of association between dependent and independent variables.
Results: Out of 730 respondents, 726 child bearing age of women have participated with anon-response rate of 99%. The prevalence of Knowledge level of Breast Cancer among childbearing age women was low i, e 40.2% (95% CI: 36.6 – 43.9). Educational level (college and above) (AOR = 1. 76; 95% CI: 1. 18, 2. 26), family history of breast cancer (AOR = 1. 45; 95% CI: 1. 06, 1. 97), and access to information about breast cancer (AOR = 1. 49; 95% CI: 1. 09, 2. 03) were factors significantly associated with knowledge of breast cancer among childbearing age of women at a p-value of 0. 05.
Conclusion: Our study indicates low level of knowledge of breast cancer among childbearing age women in Ambo town, and to need for health education programs on this subject. This underscores the need for effective breast cancer information and prevention of breast cancer on educational programs of risk factors, sign and symptoms and screening methods and strengthened community health campaigns are recommended to improve breast cancer knowledge, encourage early detection, and improve outcomes among childbearing age of women.
