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- Title
CONHECIMENTO DE GESTANTES SOBRE O EXAME CITOPATOLÓGICO: UM ESTUDO NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA EM SAÚDE.
- Authors
Gomes Cezario, Kariane; de Paiva Pimentel, Liliane; Marciana Pinheiro de Oliveira, Paula; Gonçalves de Oliveira, Mariana
- Abstract
Objective: identifying the knowledge of pregnant women about the cytopathological examination. Method: a descriptive and exploratory study, which involved 24 pregnant women aged between 16 and 40 years old, with different schooling, conducted in the waiting room of the nursing prenatal of a Decentralized Health Area, of the Family Health Strategy of the municipality of Quixeramobim (Ceará), Brazil. There was used the application of an instrument on the knowledge of pregnant women about the test, as approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Protocol nº 173/09. Results: of the total respondents, 22 claimed not to know say what the risk factors to which women develop cervical cancer and only two said they had knowledge about the subject. Conclusion: the results suggest the need for an educational approach directed to pregnant women, users of the health units of primary care, in order to clarify, in a continuous manner, which involves both the cytopathological examination as cancer of the cervix.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CERVIX uteri tumors; TUMOR prevention; COMMUNITY health services; FAMILY health; FAMILY services; GYNECOLOGIC examination; MARITAL status; RESEARCH methodology; OBSTETRICS; PAP test; PAPILLOMAVIRUS diseases; PATIENT education; PATIENTS; PREGNANT women; PRENATAL care; PRIMARY health care; RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL attainment; INFORMATION needs; HEALTH literacy; EARLY detection of cancer; DISEASE complications; TUMOR risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 5, p1171
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.5863-50531-1-ED.0805201410