Knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast self-examination among female undergraduate medical students in Poonch Medical College, Azad Kashmir Authors Arslaan Javaeed Department of Pathology, Poonch Medical College, Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Irum Rasheed Poonch Medical College, Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Faiza Shafqat Poonch Medical College, Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.1046 Abstract Abstract A cross-sectional observational study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of breast self-examination (BSE) among female undergraduate medical students in Poonch Medical College, Azad Kashmir. Out of 306 respondents, 250 completed the 16-item questionnaire (response rate of 81.7%). The correlations between knowledge, attitude, and practice were observed. Out of the total 250 respondents, 180 (72.0%) had ever heard of BSE, and 62 (24.8%) had performed BSE. The most important source of information regarding BSE was ‘internet’, which delivered knowledge to 64 (25.6%) students. The majority 200 (80%) thought that publicity and campaigns can motivate students to perform BSE. There was mild uphill correlation between knowledge and attitude, and knowledge and practice (p <.001). The study identified poor KAP of BSE among the students, Continuous... Additional Files PDF Published 2020-11-05 How to Cite Arslaan Javaeed, Irum Rasheed, & Faiza Shafqat. (2020). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast self-examination among female undergraduate medical students in Poonch Medical College, Azad Kashmir. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.1046 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue A Head of Print Section Short Communication