The mean age of participants was 31.31 (S.D. ¼ 6.89),and 49.9% of them were married.
It was found that only 21.9% of the female health workersperformed breast self-examination (BSE) regularly, and 12.5% of them had a mammogram.
Physicians’ health motivation and BSE self-efficacy perceptions were higher than the
nurses and midwifes.
Susceptibility, health motivation to BSE, BSE benefits, BSE selfefficacy perceptions of female health workers who performed BSE were significantly higher than those who did not, and a result indicating that positive health beliefs are effective in stimulating performance of BSE of female health workers.