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The current study aimed to determine the awareness of breast examination to detect breast cancer and its determinant factors.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nA total of 16,474 women of reproductive age were included. The 2022 Kenyan demographic and health survey dataset were used. The data were analyzed using STATA version14.0. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression was employed to identify potential factors of the outcome variable. Variables with p-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResult<\/jats:title>\nNearly 44.4% of women were aware of breast examinations to detect breast cancer. Older age [AOR = 2.517, 95%CI: 2.11\u20133.00], higher educational level [AOR = 5.755, 95%CI: 4.631\u20137.153], being an active worker [AOR = 1.343, 95%CI:1.232\u20131.465], being the wealthiest [AOR = 1.526, 95%:1.336\u20131.744], use of the internet [AOR = 1.451, 95%CI:1.323\u20131.592], exposure to different media [AOR = 1.350, 95%CI:1.187\u20131.536] and health facility contact within 12 months [AOR = 1.496, 95%CI:1.385\u20131.615] were positively associated at the individual level, while low community poverty [AOR = 0.777, 95%:0.676\u20130.892] and high literacy level [AOR = 1.412, 95%CI:1.190\u20131.677] were significant factors at the community level.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nConclusion and recommendation<\/jats:title>\nLess than half of the women were aware of breast examination to detect breast cancer. Older age, high level education, being active worker, exposure for media, using internet, being rich were favorable covariates at the individual level while high literacy and low poverty were found to be enabling factors at the community level. 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