RAISING AWARENESS

ABOUT
BREAST

CANCER
Frida Juárez Byron A01655627
Dulce Mendoza García A01654297
Valeria Gómez Valencia A01654948
Francisca A. Hormazábal H. A01761377
 We performed two interventions, the first one took
place in Módulo Deportivo San Nicolás Tolentino and
the second one via Zoom .
 First
Intervention
It took place in Módulo Deportivo San

Nicolás Tolentino , Tlalpan, CDMX.

We had five assistants of which only three

responses will be considered. This is

because two of the attendees did not

complete the entire post-intervention form.

The resource we used for spreading

information was a presentation made by a

psychologist specialised in Psycho-

oncology.
EVIDENCE FIRST
INTERVENTION
EVIDENCE FIRST
INTERVENTION
Second
Intervention
It took place via Zoom.
We had 9 participants from

which 8 were female and 1 was

a male. The session lasted 45

minutes. We will only consider

the answers of 7 of them since

2 of them didn't complete pre

and post test. The other data

was discarded.
EVIDENCE SECOND
INTERVENTION
Therefore, we had the data
of 10 participants in total

who answered the pre and

post test.
Data from the other 4

participants were discarded

for being incomplete.

 Sociodemographic

data
Sex Age Marriage status
We

91.7% were
received
54.5% were single,

women
people
27.3% were married,

and 8.3%
from 20 to
9.1% were divorced and

were men. 70 years

9.1% were separated
old.
 Sociodemographic

data

Education
54.5% is a
45.5% had

level worker,
Public

36.4% had a
36.4% is
ensurance,

professional
student 36.4% didn't

degree and
and 9.1% is
have any and

27.3% had
18.2% had a

housewife.
completed
private

high school. ensurance.

 Risk factors detected
Pregnancy and motherhood

50% of women had 1 pregnancy and 30%

hadn't had any pregnancy.

Hormonal treatment

60% has been under hormonal treatment

and 20% has used them for 5 years

approximately. Only 10% has used

hormone replacement treatment for 4

years.
Risk factors

detected
Family history
41.7% of women has 1, 2 or 4 family

members with cancer diagnosis. Only 8.3%

has a sibling with breast cancer.

Hormonal treatment

60% has been under hormonal treatment

and 20% has used them for 5 years

approximately. Only 10% has used

hormone replacement treatment for 4

years.
Risk factors detected
Self exploration
50% of women don't explore their own breasts,

only 33.3% does it every month and 16.6% does

it every 1 to 3 monnths or 6 to 12 months.

41.7% makes the self exploration any day of the

menstrual cycle and 8.3% does it between 7

and 10 days after finishing the menstrual

period.

Mamography

66.7% doesn't make the mamography and

only 33.3% does it every year.

 Detected number of

women in risk:
Approximately 6 women are in risk (half

of the total audience), since these

participants:
Haven't been pregnant
Have taken hormone treatment for

avoiding pregnancy
Have had family with cancer

Approximately 6 women are in risk of a

late diagnosis since these participants:

Don't do the self exploration nor the

mamography.
WHAT DOES

CANCER MEANS

FOR WOMEN?
A serious disease
A chronic, non-treatable

disease
Death
A disease caused by

uncontrollable division of

cells
WHAT DO WOMEN CONSIDER TO

BE THE CAUSE THAT MOST

INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT

OF BREAST CANCER?

Genetics
Lifestyle
Environmental factors
Lack of information
Not exploring the body
 RESULTS OF

THE

INTERVENTION
 Pre-test Post-test

1 2

In average,
In average,

participants had a
participants had a

note of 23/30 note of 28/30

 1 2 3
The total number
The total number
There was an

of correct
of correct
increase of 7% in the

responses in pre-
responses in
knowledge of

test was 220. post-test was 249. participants about

breast cancer.
Questions with more incorrect answers in pre-test
Question with more incorrect answers in post-test
 It could be seen an increase in the

knowledge about breast cancer. At

1 the beginning, participants didn't

know, in general, that motherhood

was a protective factor, how often

Conclusion
should a woman make a self

exploration and that Cancer can't

of the
be prevented.

intervention At the end, participants answered

correctly the questions related to

those topics, but still failed in the

question about cancer prevention.

We could also notice that at least half of the

women have risk factors that predispose

them for developing breast cancer due to

biological factors (no pregnancies, hormone

treatments and family history), but also are

at risk of havig a late diagnosis because

they don't do a self-exploration or do the

mamography.
 Team's conclusion
After giving these two informative talks (face to face and by
zoom) about breast cancer, we're so glad to be able to fulfill
the objective of spreding all this information. We also
realized that it's no easy to gather a lot of people for a talk
and that "breast cancer" is still a topic on which people,
specially women, don't have enough information, for
example, on how to so a self-examination or the importance
of a mammogram. Finally we received very good feedback
from the attendees in both sessions and according to the
statistical analysis, there was an increase of 7% in breast
cancer awareness.
 Dulce
I enoyed doing this activity both times. Women were

interested and participative, which made the talk more

dynamic. Seeing how at least 6 women had risk factors for

developing breast cancer and/or having a late diagnosis

made me see the importance of spreading this

information to more and more women in different

contexts.

I realized that a good planning is important for any talk

and that we should consider the needs of everyone for

applying an effective psychoeducational program.

Francisca
This activity made me realize that women in general are
not as informed as we think about breast cancer. Despite
this, I could notice that there is great interest in learning
more about this disease and the things that we can do
about it to take care of ourselves. Also, there was a very
good reception of the information by both intervention
groups.
I believe that the intervention was successful because the
participants enjoyed it, and at the same time increased
their knowledge, according to the pre and post test
comparison. Finally, I realized that psycho-oncology is an
area that I would like to explore professionally in the
future.
 Frida
After doing this activity, I consider that it was worth
the time we invested in preparing the talks, in
researching about the topic, that all the theory we
were seeing in class was reflected in this final
moment because even though we did not gather
many people, we had an 8% increase in people's
knowledge about breast cancer.
It also made me reflect on this huge problem and
that no one is exempt, how important it is to be
informed and to have the empathy to share what you
know.
 Vane
In conclusion, I'm very grateful to have had the
opportunity to talk about such an important topic as
breast cancer, especially with people that hadn't had
information about it before. Personally, it also made me
aware about all the preventive measures that can be taken
and I will continue to research and talk about it with my
friends and family. Additionally, it was very enriching to
learn all of the new information that I came across during
the process, there were many things that I didn't know
about and that I wil start applying to my own life. It gave
me a stronger perspective about the severity of breast
cancer and its consequences, and I realized that
information is essential when it comes to taking good care
of our health.
 Annexes
Excel database with calculation of increase in knowledge:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pZKWNL-

Zg7AewHO2jAnXp2mzNKjp0uhA/edit?

usp=sharing&ouid=100777306580882160394&rtpof=true&sd=true

Excel database with the instruments answered (pre and post):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXvHQ4vCPr-Z22w-

5JAvLwZmk3xC1uwok0dEEPcHTOY/edit?usp=sharing