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However, breast cancer awareness is extremely low among Ethiopian women, particularly in rural areas. Thus, the aim of this study was assessing awareness of breast cancer on reproductive-aged women in West Badewacho Woreda, Hadiya Zone, South Ethiopia, 2020.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A community-based-cross sectional study was employed from April 18 to May 16, 2020. To obtain data, a pre-tested structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was employed. A multistage random sampling technique was employed to select reproductive-aged women from Woreda. Data was entered into a computer using Epi data version 3.1, and edited, cleaned and analyzed using SPSS windows version 20. Bivariable and multivariable analyses were used to identify determinants related to awareness of breast cancer.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A total of 578 reproductive-age women participated in this study. Only 364 women of reproductive-age (63%) had heard about breast cancer. 234 (64.3%) of the respondents were aware of breast cancer. After adjusting for other variables, husbands\u2019 educational status [AOR = 0.262; 95% CI (0.076, 0.900)], family history of breast cancer [AOR = 0.281; 95% CI (0.132, 0.594)] and having TV\/Radio [AOR = 0.489; 95% CI (0.246, 0.972)] were significant predictors for awareness of breast cancer.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study emphasized the importance of raising breast cancer awareness among women in the study area.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0270248","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,27]],"date-time":"2022-07-27T17:48:12Z","timestamp":1658944092000},"page":"e0270248","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Assessing breast cancer awareness on reproductive age women in West Badewacho Woreda, Hadiyya Zone, South Ethiopia; Community based cross- sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6452-8707","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mengistu Lodebo","family":"Funga","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zerihun Damissie","family":"Dilebo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anebo Getachewu","family":"Shuramo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tessema","family":"Bereku","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"pone.0270248.ref001","first-page":"201","article-title":"Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards breast cancer early detection methods among female health professionals at public health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017","volume":"8","author":"TH Wurjine","year":"2019","journal-title":"Women\u2019s Heal"},{"issue":"2","key":"pone.0270248.ref002","first-page":"253","article-title":"Assessment of awareness, perception, specific knowledge, and screening behaviour regarding breast cancer among rural women in Ipokia Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria","volume":"3","author":"AM Amosu","year":"2011","journal-title":"Arch Appl Sci Res [Internet]."},{"issue":"5","key":"pone.0270248.ref003","first-page":"2","article-title":"Awareness, Attitude and Practice of Rural Women regarding Breast Cancer in Northeast Nigeria.","volume":"2","author":"B Omotara","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Community Med Health Educ"},{"key":"pone.0270248.ref004","first-page":"1","article-title":"Principles and Practice of Cancer Prevention and Control Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar Cervical Cancer: Prevention and Control","author":"I Hashim","year":"2015"},{"issue":"2","key":"pone.0270248.ref005","first-page":"1","article-title":"Breast cancer awareness among female school teachers in Makkah region, Saudi Arabia. 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