Social Factors that Impact Women's Practice of Breast Self-Examination: A Challenge to the Transfer of Training Literature.

The purpose of the qualitative study was to understand how social factors might help or hinder the training transfer process. Specifically, this qualitative research looked at the meanings a group of women attached to social factors that might influence their practice of breast self‐exam. Implications for transfer of training are suggested.

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