The purpose of this paper is to create awareness around breast cancer risk factorsand screening methods. Five overarching intrinsic risk factors, including: the patient’s age at the time of diagnosis, race, familial susceptibility, and the role of natural hormone changes, and one extrinsic risk factor, dietary habits, were selected for consideration. Along with risk factors, four screening methods were taken into consideration. These included self-breast exams, mammograms, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound. The recommendation of screening methods was then determined in relation to a women’s risk for breast cancer. Two categories of risk (average and high risk) were defined and the recommended screening methods were determined based on the risk. Overall, mammography was found to be a useful tool in both average and high risk women. For high risk women, mammography with MRI had a greater sensitivity and was able to detect more breast cancers. More research needs to be conducted on the efficacy of Breast MRI, Ultrasound, and breast self-exams as supplemental tools to mammography in both average and high-risk women

The goal of this project was to create a quasi experimental study using an education module that teaches evidence-based practice methods. The theoretical frameworks used to create the educational content were the self-efficacy theory and the Health Belief Model. The evaluation methods used are based on the Kirkpatrick four level model. An education module was created to be culturally and regionally relevant to South Sudan and Malawi. The education module was designed to be part of the SolarSPELL Health: Nursing and Midwifery Library. This was done by performing a literature review, curating resources, creating the educational materials, creating learning scenarios, curating relevant belief scales, and integrating the content into the SolarSPELL Health: Nursing and Midwifery Library. The on ground implementation of the materials was not a part of this project, but instead is planned for future research. This project creates a foundation from which SolarSPELL Health can implement the resources at a future date. In the long term, the goal of implementing the experiment is to improve maternal mental and physical health outcomes in South Sudan and Malawi, both of which have extremely high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.