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Irmi Zarina Ismail
Researcher at Universiti Putra Malaysia
Publications - 25
Citations - 316
Irmi Zarina Ismail is an academic researcher from Universiti Putra Malaysia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast self-examination & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 21 publications receiving 251 citations.
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Beliefs and behavior of Malaysia undergraduate female students in a public university toward breast self-examination practice.
TL;DR: The findings show that Malaysian young female's perception regarding breast cancer and the practice of BSE is low and targeted education should be implemented to improve early detection of breast cancer.
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Barriers to breast self examination practice among Malaysian female students: a cross sectional study
Mehrnoosh Akhtari-Zavare,Muhamad Hanafiah Juni,Irmi Zarina Ismail,Salmiah Said,Latiffah A. Latiff +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study conducted among 810 female undergraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia between April-Jun 2012, showed that a high percentage of respondents were aware of breast cancer but do not perform breast self-examination.
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Result of randomized control trial to increase breast health awareness among young females in Malaysia.
Mehrnoosh Akhtari-Zavare,Muhamad Hanafiah Juni,Salmiah Said,Irmi Zarina Ismail,Latiffah A. Latiff,Sima Ataollahi Eshkoor +5 more
TL;DR: The Breast Health Awareness program based on health the belief model had a positive effect on knowledge of breast cancer and breast self-examination and practice of BSE among females in Malaysia.
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Knowledge on breast cancer and practice of breast self examination among selected female university students in malaysia
Mehrnoosh Akhtari Zavare,Muhamad Hanafiah Juni,Rosliza Abd Manaf,Irmi Zarina Ismail,Salmiah Said +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the knowledge of respondents on breast cancer regarding the risk factors, symptoms, and to determine respondents' practice of breast self-examination.
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Decision making process and factors contributing to research participation among general practitioners: A grounded theory study.
Seng Fah Tong,Chirk Jenn Ng,Verna Kar Mun Lee,Ping Yein Lee,Irmi Zarina Ismail,Ee Ming Khoo,Noor Azizah Tahir,Iliza Idris,Mastura Ismail,Adina Abdullah +9 more
TL;DR: The key to GPs deciding to participate in research is whether the research agenda aligns with the priorities in their social environment, and research training is important, but should be included in further measures and should comply with GPs’ social environments and research support.