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Breast awareness: Looking out for changes
Published:
HPA, March 2006, on behalf of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). This is a reprint of Breast awareness: Looking out for changes, March 2005. |
Description:
This leaflet is primarily used to support the Northern Ireland breast screening programme. It is issued by local screening centres with a letter after a woman’s breast x-ray (mammogram) has detected no signs of breast cancer. It describes how women should be aware of what is normal for them and how they should check their breasts regularly for any changes that are new to them. It highlights possible changes that should be checked immediately by a GP. It also emphasizes the importance of accepting a screening invitation every three years between the ages of 50 and 64 and explains how to arrange an appointment if aged 65 or over. The leaflet is also available more widely to all women through GP surgeries and health promotion outlets to remind them of the importance of being breast aware. |
Format:
1/3 A4, 6 pages, leaflet. |
Other
formats:
As
a PDF in English (296kb)
and PDFs of translations into five minority ethnic languages: Arabic (417kb), Cantonese (678kb), Irish (152kb), Portuguese (167kb)
and Urdu (400kb). An
audio tape of the leaflet is also available from local screening
centres. |
Target
group:
Women aged 50-64 years. |
Additional
information:
Available from local screening centres, GP surgeries and the Central Health Promotion Resource Services in Health and Social Services Board areas. |
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