BREAST SELF EXAMINATION FOR DISADVANTAGED WOMEN

弱势女性乳房自检

• 批准号: 2108311
• 负责人: MARK K GOLDSTEIN
• 金额: $ 9.78万
• 依托单位: MAMMATECH CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 1996-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2108311
• 关键词: BREAST; SELF; EXAMINATION; DISADVANTAGED; WOMEN

DESCRIPTION: Surviving breast cancer depends in great part on early detection. Manual clinical breast examination (CBE) and breast self-examination (BSE) are important components of screening asymptomatic women. To detect reliably the smallest palpable lesions, manual examination must be proficient and thorough. The results of research studies on the MammaCare(c) system of breast examination suggest that it significantly improves CBE and BSE skills. The MammaCare Personal Learning System instructs women audiovisually to examine a lifelike breast model that contains synthetic nodularity and lesions. The system trains women to cover completely all breast tissue using three palpation pressures and to identify accurately important internal tissue structures, first on the tactile model and then on their own breast tissue. This potentially life-saving technology must be adapted for women with disabilities. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, about 10 million women have vision or hearing impairments. These women are at the same risk as their unimpaired counterparts, but they cannot learn to do competent BSE using existing audiovisual training procedures. This SBIR proposal supports the development and validation of adaptive instructional materials to allow women with vision and hearing impairments to use MammaCare.

乳腺癌的生存在很大程度上取决于早期发现。 手工临床乳房检查（CBE）和乳房自我检查（BSE）是筛查无症状妇女的重要组成部分。 为了可靠地检测到最小的可触及病变，手动检查必须熟练和彻底。 对MammaCare（c）乳腺检查系统的研究结果表明，它显著提高了CBE和BSE技能。 MammaCare个人学习系统指导妇女视听检查一个逼真的乳房模型，其中包含合成结节和病变。 该系统训练女性使用三种触诊压力完全覆盖所有乳房组织，并准确识别重要的内部组织结构，首先在触觉模型上，然后在自己的乳房组织上。 这项可能挽救生命的技术必须适用于残疾妇女。 根据美国人口普查局的数据，大约有1000万妇女有视力或听力障碍。 这些妇女与未受损害的妇女面临相同的风险，但她们无法使用现有的视听培训程序学习进行合格的BSE。这项SBIR提案支持开发和验证适应性教学材料，使视力和听力障碍的妇女能够使用MammaCare。