a. Distribution of the first person informed | |||
Person1 informed (N = 419) |  | n(%) | |
husband | Â | 212 (50.6) | |
child | Unspecified child | 47 (11.1) | |
son | 9 (2) | ||
daughter | 6 (1.4) | ||
sibling | Unspecified sibling | 3 (0.7) | |
male | 6 (1.4) | ||
female | 31 (7.6) | ||
parent | Unspecified parent | 2 (0.4) | |
father | 2 (0.4) | ||
mother | 20 (5.0) | ||
extended family/in-laws | Â | 6 (1.4) | |
unrelated persons | friends/co-worker | 15 (3.7) | |
neighbor | 4 (0.8) | ||
doctor | Â | 24 (6.0) | |
nursing personnel | CHEW | 3 (0.6) | |
Certified nurse | 17 (4.0) | ||
chemist/pharmacist | Â | 3 (0.8) | |
spiritual leader | Â | 9 (2.0) | |
b, Advice received from person1 or FHP | |||
Advice from first person | n(%) | Advice from FHP | n(%) |
visit general practitioner | 215 (55) | Visit doctor | 17 (5.5) |
Visit a breast surgeon | 11 (2.9) | Visit surgeon | 139 (44.8) |
Visit nurse | 6 (1.6) | investigate | 129 (41.6) |
Investigate | 13 (3.2) | Antibiotics/injection/gel | 5 (1.6) |
Antibiotics/ gel | 12 (3.0) | consult spiritual leader | 3 (1.0) |
chemist or pharmacist | 9 (2.5) | observe/reassured | 17 (5.5) |
Excise | 5 (1.5) | Â | Â |
Alternative | 40 (11) | Â | Â |
Observe/Reassured/ tell | 48 (12) | Â | Â |
Go hospital | 24 (6.0) | Â | Â |
People informed(range 0–11, median: 2) |  | Number of FHP visited(range: 0–4, median: 1) |  |
0–1 | 152 (37) | 0–1 | 296 (73) |
2–3 | 170 (42) | 2–3 | 107 (26) |
> 3 | 86 (21) | > 3 | 4 (1.0) |