Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Aug 2012)

Health professionals and Cervic and Breast Cancer Control Program

  • Maria Carla Vieira Pinho,
  • Denise Albieri Jodas,
  • Maria Jose Scochi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5902/217976924418
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 242 – 251

Abstract

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Objective: to understand the perception of the health professionals on the Cervic and Breast Cancer Control Program. Method: descriptive study with 15 health professionals. A guideline with closed questions was used to collect the data. Results: it could be observed that the higher and the lower covering of cytopathological exams don’t seem to be influenced by adaptation of the physical structure. The way of spreading in the program at its own unit, the involvement of all the professionals booked up the unit, the routine in which the woman accomplish her yearly exam, among others facts, shows to influence the high covering. Considerations: it is essential include in the professional formation instruments of evaluation of the effectiveness of their actions and better understanding of the importance of the primary health care in the quality of life of women

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