Cogitare Enfermagem (Mar 2016)

SKIN CANCER: KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF FISHERMEN AND FISHERWOMEN REGARDING SKIN CANCER

  • Magaly Bushatsky,
  • Mariana Boulitreau Siqueira Campos Barros,
  • Jabiael Carneiro da Silva Filho,
  • Jéssica Rayanne da Silva Bezerra,
  • Paula Christine Monteiro Morais,
  • Lorena Souza Leão Trajano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i1.43323
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 01 – 09

Abstract

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The present study aimed to describe fishermen’s knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding skin cancer. It is a transversal, descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study using an interview script. It was undertaken in the Colônia de Pescadores do Pina (Pina Fishing Community), Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, in January – November 2014. Excel 2013 was used for the quantitative analysis of the data, with the support of the Epi Info software version 3.5.2. Of the 100% (90) fishermen and fisherwomen interviewed, 78% (71) were male, with a mean age of 28.4 years old, and 64.4% (58) had never participated in any educational event on the issue. In the sample, 84.4% (76) are exposed to the sun for five hours per day or over, and 62.2% (56) do not protect themselves against the sun. The fishermen and fisherwomen do not use effective measures for protecting themselves. As a result, access to means of protection and education and health may be instruments for encouraging practices for prevention against skin cancer.

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