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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND
UPTAKE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING

SERVICES AMONG WOMEN IN HONG KONG:
A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Poster
ABHREET-KAUR
BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Healthcare Management
Department of Food and Health Sciences

RESEARCH BACKGROUND OBJECTIVES

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women globally • Examine the level of awareness
and can cause a negative impact to women’s health. It is characterized by the of breast cancer among Chinese
uncontrollable growth of abnormal breast cells, resulting in tumor formation. and Non-Chinese women in Hong
If the tumor is not detected early, it can metastasize all over the body and Kong
become fatal. In Hong Kong, breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among • Assess the uptake of breast
females. This study investigates breast cancer awareness and the uptake of cancer screening services among
breast cancer screening services among Chinese and Non-Chinese women in Chinese and Non-Chinese women
Hong Kong.
in Hong Kong
METHODOLOGY • Examine the correlation between
socio-demographic variables and
A cross-sectional study was conducted using online and paper-based self- the knowledge of breast cancer
administered questionnaire in English and Chinese between January and
April. The questionnaire was composed of three parts: (1) socio-demographic
information, (2) knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, symptoms, and
treatment, and (3) uptake of breast cancer screening, including frequency,
reasons and barriers. There were 8 knowledge-based questions in the
questionnaire that assessed the breast cancer awareness of participants.
The target audiences were females aged 18 years old or above who had lived
in Hong Kong for more than 6 months continuously and had provided informed
consent.

IBM SPSS Statistics v29.0 and Microsoft Excel were used for data analysis ABOUT THE INVESTIGATOR
(Chi-Square analysis, Spearman’s Correlation, Figures, and Table). I am a student in Nutrition and
Healthcare Management, who has
FINDINGS been passionate about pursuing a

A total of 340 responses were included in this study. A mean score of 5.62 career related to healthcare since
(±2.084) was obtained for the knowledge-based questions. 60.29% of the childhood. During my free time, I
participants achieved a high knowledge level, where a higher proportion of enjoy playing volleyball and reading
Chinese respondents (71.78%) attained a high knowledge level compared to books. My FYP supervisor is Dr. CHAN
Non-Chinese respondents (49.72%). Shun Wan, to whom I am extremely
Spearman’s Correlation analysis revealed a positive correlation between grateful for his guidance and support
"Knowledge Level" and both "Education Level" and "Monthly Household throughout my FYP journey.
Income". Conversely, a negative correlation was found between "Ethnicity" and
"Knowledge Level" as well as "Age" and "Knowledge Level".

Overall, only 32.06% of respondents reported participating in breast cancer
screening previously. It is worth noting that 78.53% of Non-Chinese respondents
indicated that they had never undergone any screening compared to Chinese
respondents (56.44%).

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