Vol. 5, Issue 3, Part C (2019)

Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in India and accounts for 27% of all cancers in women. Collectively, the U.S, India and China account for almost one – third of the global breast cancer. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of multimedia education on levels of knowledge regarding breast cancer and screening among women at selected village, Vellore. A Quantitative approach with one group pre and posttest pre experimental research design was adopted. By using Systematic sampling technique, 60 women who meet the inclusion criteria were selected from Ussoor village. The results revealed that regarding the effectiveness of multimedia education, the pretest knowledge mean score was 6.72 ± 2.74 and the posttest knowledge mean score was 19.47 ± 2.43. The calculated paired “t” test value, 40.81 was higher than the table value 2 which was significant at p<0.05 level. Regarding the association between posttest levels of knowledge and selected demographic variables such as education, religion, and dietary habits are statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Clinical breast examination was done to all the women in Ussoor Primary health centre and no one found with the symptoms of breast cancer. The study concluded that, there was significant increase in the level of knowledge of women after the multimedia education. This shows that the multimedia education was effective.