METHODS
This is a descriptive, correlative study design to examine the relationship between health belief, knowledge, attitude and the performance of BSE among AA women from November 2007 to February 2008,131 AA women between the age of 20-65 with no history of breast cancer were recruited to participate in the study. They were recruited from 5 counties in the southeast United States through community setting such as churches and doctor's office and trough friend and relative of women who self-identified during recruitment were AA women with any personal history of breast disease and those who do not speak, understand, and with English.