A baixa cobertura de exame citopatológico em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família no município de Varginha Minas Gerais

Abstract

Cancer of cervix or cervical cancer is the third more frequent tumor among women and the fourth death cancer cause in Brazil. Today it is raised as a public health problem around the world. To face this problem the Ministry of Health adopts prevention an detection actions at an early stage of cervical cancer. One of the most frequently used strategies of nowadays is Papanicolaou test, also known as Preventive Test. The high rate of morbimortality still very frequent among woman shows that the actions do not bring the planned results. This work aims to propose a plan of action to be offered to women who are attended at PSF Centenário in Varginha, MG to increase fidelity to the test. It is a review of the literature through SCIELO, LILACS, BIREME data-base and the Ministry of health site. We observe, according to the analyzed studies that the most important reasons related to a low fidelity to the test are shame and fear of taking the test and the fact that the women do not understand the importance of the Pap smears. Barriers imposed by the service and the way the test is offered are highlighted in this study. After coming to conclusions, we present a plan of action to be developed by the staff to increase womens fidelity to the Pap smears.