Getting youth to check it out!®: A new approach to teaching self-screening

Resa M. Jones; Ian J. Wallace; Alice Westerberg; Kristyn N. Hoy; John M. Quillin; Steven J. Danish

doi:10.5993/AJHB.39.2.6

Getting youth to check it out!®: A new approach to teaching self-screening

Resa M. Jones, Ian J. Wallace, Alice Westerberg, Kristyn N. Hoy, John M. Quillin, Steven J. Danish

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Objectives: To determine if intervention school students who received skillsbased breast self-exam (BSE)/testicular self-exam (TSE) training were more likely than control school students to report higher intentions to perform BSE/TSE, greater BSE/TSE self-efficacy, and actual performance of BSE/TSE.

Methods: BSE/TSE behaviors, intentions, and selfefficacy were assessed in a high schoolbased trial (N = 6 schools; 3 schools randomized/ condition) using self-reported data at 3 time points (N = 1058, 9th grade students).

Results: At follow-up, intervention students had greater BSE/TSE intentions and self-efficacy than control students. Intervention students were more likely than control students to report monthly BSE (54.8% vs 27.2%, p = .031) and TSE (81.5% vs 31.4%, p = .010).

Conclusions: Skills-based interventions with goal setting affect teenagers' selfexamination behaviors, intentions, and self-efficacy. Teaching self-screening may empower teenagers to become more engaged in their preventive health, which may lead to improved health as they age.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-203
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Health Behavior
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.39.2.6
State	Published - Mar 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent health promotion
Breast self-exam
Group randomized trial
Testicular self-exam

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