Baixa adesão ao exame colpocitológico em um município do interior do centro-oeste de Minas Gerais: uma proposta de intervenção

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a plan of intervention to improve adherence of women from 25 to 64 years old for cytological examination of the cervix of the county of Conceição do Pará – Minas Gerais. It was made narrative bibliographical research in the Virtual Health Library in the SciELO database, with the descriptors: women's health; Pap smears, health education and neoplasms of the cérvix. Were also included some programs of the Ministry of Health. The plan was based on the situational analysis from the detection by critics for the prioritized problem for this study and defined by the healthcare team PSF John Joseph who were: difficulty of community health agents (CHA) to schedule exams, the large number of women defaulting on the day of collection; inadequate physical structure; lack of team information to have the first contact to the people, respecting their cultural boundaries; schedules that do not meet the needs of the female audience and not aware of the purpose of such examination. Thus this study provided subsidies for drawing up the contingency plan that after implemented, will decrease and, later, to solve the problem of low adherence of women in Pap smear of the cervix, preventing the development of a more severe disease and difficult to control.