Um plano de ação para a cobertura do exame citológico do colo uterino

Abstract

Objective: develop a plan of action to increase the coverage of cervical preventive examinations for women from 25 to 59 years serviced by the blue team of Health Center our Lady of Fatima. Methods: literature review was held about cervical cancer, emphasizing the coverage of examinations in family health programmes, in Scielo and Lilacs databases, from 1990 to 2011. Situational diagnosis drawn up using secundary data from the blue team and the Intranet of the Prefecture of Belo Horizonte. Results: operating a plan was drawn up for the low coverage of cervical preventive examinations for women from 25 to 59 years serviced by the blue team of Health Center our Lady of Fatima. Conclusions: from the literature review found in this work, he might conclude that decrease the mortality from cervical cancer remains a challenge and increase coverage of preventive examination a goal to be pursued by the health services. In addition, prepare a situational diagnosis, identifying and prioritizing the problems, is essential for the construction of the plan of action, so systematized and therefore more likely to be successful.