booklet to help women with learning disabilities to understand what breast cancer

A booklet towards assistance ladies with knowledge disabilities towards appreciate what breast cancer is and the importance of breast mammography has been launched at the University of Ulster.

Produced via Dr Laurence Taggart, from Ulster’s School of Nursing, ‘My Boobs and Me!’ was styled towards herald breast perception for ladies with knowledge disabilities.

It consumes vocabulary and brightly coloured films towards depict the risk and protective factors of breast cancer, as well as consuming noticeable photos of the ride across hospital within obtaining a mammogram.

In an originally pilot project funded via the Breast Cancer Campaign within 2009, Dr Taggart’s innovation indicated that ladies with knowledge disabilities had complications within experience what breast cancer was and the importance of attending for a mammogram.

“As portion of a team of investigators analysing the women’s experience of breast cancer and breast perception, a lot of these ladies lacked a noticeable experience of what breast cancer was,” he said.

“Also a lot of these ladies did not clearly appreciate the procedure of obtaining a mammogram; these ladies expressed panic and embarrassment. The booklet enables the ladies towards benefit a fuller experience of what beast cancer is, the risk and protective factors, as well recounting the ride across obtaining the invitation letter towards attending for a mammogram within hospital.”

Dr Taggart worked with ladies with knowledge disabilities towards assistance him design the booklet. Compass Advocacy Network, a Ballymoney-based charity, also worked with the Ulster lecturer onto the project. The charity’s ambition is towards enable adults with knowledge disabilities.

“With subsidy knotted from the Breast Cancer Campaign, I caused this booklet. Hopefully it shall assistance ladies with knowledge disabilities towards acknowledge and appreciate the signs and symptoms of breast cancer better and cooperation them within their ride within obtaining the mammogram,” Dr Taggart said.

“The booklet shall also help relations carers, ceremonial carers working with ladies with knowledge disabilities, GP’s, tradition nurses, breast screening nurses, radiographers and else healthcare professionals within backing ladies with knowledge disabilities.”

Copies of the booklet shall be allocated towards everybody the breast screening units across Northern Ireland and the UK, as well as the settlement knowledge disability teams.