Percepção das mulheres a respeito da prevenção do câncer de colo de uterino: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

The uterine-cervical cancer has etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prevention well defined. The Papanicolaou test is a simple, inexpensive and safe method for early detection and it also has high possibility of prevention and cure. The treatment is effective, especially in premalignant lesions. However, it can be noticed that there are high rates of recurrence and mortality from the disease. Women enrolled in the area covered by the Basic Unit of Family Health Papa João Paulo II, in which I work, do not go through the practices for the prevention of uterine-cervical cancer . The reasons why women do no perform cytological examination brought an unease feeling to the team. The aim of this project was to gather information and point out the reasons that interfere in the womens decision making of seeking the proper medical procedure to prevent the uterine-cervical cancer, thus directing the steps that should be taken to tackle this problem in the Unit Papa João II. It has been done a bibliographical review, of which the corpus was extract from books on Biblioteca Virtual in Saude ranging from 2000 to 2010. The review has shown that women must overcome a great deal of obstacles, before doing the preventive screening for uterine-cervical cancer, such as the lack of material needed to the exam, sociocultural issues, trouble in accessing, lack of clear directions about the exam and the lack of humanity from those who perform the exam.