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INTRODUCTION: It is universally acknowledged that strengthen the participation rate in breastcancer (BC) screening can find cancer in its earlier stages. The aim of this study was to determine theeffect of regular visits to the health centers on women’s knowledge and attitude about BC screening.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross‑sectional study, data were collected from 380 womenidentified with Kurdish background, who were registered in health care centers of Islamabad‑e Gharbduring January and February 2017. The subjects were divided into two regular and irregular groupsbased on the quantity of presence in health centers. Data on women’s awareness and attitude aboutBC screening were collected by a trained interviewer using a structured questionnaire. Bivariateanalysis, analysis of variance, and independent sample t‑test were used to see the mean differenceswithin the groups. The level of confidence was set at 0.05 significant.RESULTS: Women were representative of four health‑care centers of the city, mainly ≤39 yearsold  (73.9%), married  (96.3%), with high school education  (44.2%) characteristics. The totalmean  ±  standard deviation of awareness score about BC was 6.03  ±  3.90. In total, 19.2% ofparticipants had poor  (<2.13), 64.2% had an average  (2.13–9.93), and 16.6% had good  (˃9.93)awareness about BC. The results showed that the level of knowledge and attitude about BC screeningwas significantly different between regular and irregular groups (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: An important message from this study is the need for improved and coordinatedBC education for all social classes of women. It is necessary to discover ways to encourage womenwith academic education to visit health centers regularly during interventional studies.