Saturday, 28 October 2017

Information Creation as a Process.

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Welcome to my blog, today we will be  focusing on information creation as a process.

What is Information creation as a process? 

Information Creation as a Process. Information in any format is produced to convey a message and is shared via a selected delivery method. The iterative processes of researching, creating, revising, and disseminating information vary, and the resulting product reflects these differences process


We were asked to get 5 sources on the research topic that was given to us and with the five sources, we are to recreate a minimum of three sources which will be included for all to view. 

Below is the five sources that were found on Breast Cancer in South Africa. 




Format

Sources

Academic Journal Article.

 

Matatiele, P.R. & Van den Heever, W.M.J.  (2008). South African Family Practice - Breast cancer profiles of women presenting with newly diagnosed breast cancer at Universitas Hospital (Bloemfontein, South Africa) : scientific letter.  South African Family Practice, Volume 50, Issue 6, p. 48 – 49.

http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/mp_safp/50/6/mp_safp_v50_n6_a18.pdf?expires=1509185102&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=D1313A4916760FDFD46B8884DC1EF93F

 

Podcast

 

Krista Curley. Metastatic Breast Cancer: Now What? September 22, 2017

http://www.breastcancer.org/community/podcasts/metastatic-nowwhat-20170922#

 

Online Newspaper.

 

The Citizen.

https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1293727/kzn-hospital-goes-two-months-without-breast-cancer-screening/

 

Peer Reviewed Article.

 
Somdyala, N.I; Parkin, D.M; Sithole, N & D Bradshaw.  (2015).Trends in cancer incidence in rural Eastern Cape Province; South Africa, 1998-2012. International journal of cancer, 136(5), Pages 989–1243        

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.29224/epdf

 

Website

http://www.breastcancer.org/

 































































The reason for choosing these formats is, because it relates to my research topic and it is credible sources. It is used for academic purposes as provide information for people to use. These platforms are made available for people to get information and to be heard. Breast Cancer is a disease that most women undergo and some people need to find ways to help others that are in need and by doing this, they are sharing their stories. 


Recreation of information:

1) Academic Journal into a Blogger post.

I will be converting the Academic Journal Article,http://journals.co.za/- Journal Article into a blog post. https://www.blogger.com/blogger.

The reason for choosing this platform is because,  I would like people to know more about breast cancer. By using this platform people would be able to communicate with each other and conversations would be taking place. 




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Breast Cancer

Breast cancer profiles of women presenting with newly diagnosed breast cancer at Universitas Hospital (Bloemfontein, South Africa)


Breast cancer is arguably the most-researched cancer in the world. Environmental factors, including diet and lifestyle, have been widely investigated, but these variables have not been able to explain international or ethnic variability in breast cancer.

Breast cancer is most common among whites and Asian and is the second most common in Africans and colored.  In South Africa an alarming increase in the incidence of breast cancer among young black women, a group that was previously considered to have the lowest breast cancer risk, is reported.3 There are several possible reasons why increasingly more young women appear to be contracting breast cancer


Matatiele & Van den Heever.  (2008)  stated that women with different racial or ethnic backgrounds have different breast cancer risks, due to environmental and genetic factors.4 In South Africa breast cancer is most prevalent amongst Asian (24.4%) and white (17.9%) women.3 In our study we also found that more white (46%) than black (41%) and coloured (13%) women had breast cancer. Our study group consisted largely (63%) of postmenopausal, older women. However, a small portion of our study group consisted of young (≤ 39 yrs) breast cancer sufferers, the majority (4 of 5) of whom were black women. It has always been thought that the low incidence of breast cancer among black African women is due to the fact that they usually have their first child at an early age and are multiparous.











Even though reproduction has a complex effect on breast cancer, the emphasis has always been on the positive effects; however, our results showed that 92% of the women had at least more than one full-term pregnancy with an average of three children each. Similar studies also report that even though multiple pregnancies and young age at first full-term pregnancy are very common in the developing world, early onset breast cancer is also unexpectedly highly prevalent.1 Moreover, American studies have also shown that early onset breast cancer is more common among African-American women than among white women and, more importantly, that multiparity increases the risk of breast cancer in these women.

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Monday, 23 October 2017

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