Unveiling knowledge and practices of Brazilian community health agents on uterine cancer
International Journal of Development Research
Unveiling knowledge and practices of Brazilian community health agents on uterine cancer
Received 12th December, 2017; Received in revised form 04th January, 2018; Accepted 19th February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Janielle Ferreira de Brito Lima et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to analyze the knowledge and practices of Brazilian community health agents on the prevention of uterine cancer. Method: convergent assistance research, with a qualitative approach. Thirteen community health workers participated in the interview stage. The analysis of the information was based on the Bardin content analysis. Results: there was recognition of the importance of cytopathological examination for the prevention of cancer and doubt about the recommended interval for the examination. We also identified a gap related to the promotion of educational lectures as an incentive to the oncology cytology. Conclusion: the knowledge of the community agents presented diversities involving the scientific base and the empirical knowledge and they use a suitable and comprehensible language. It was highlighted the need for training of professionals to promote the prevention of this type of cancer
