Avaliação do rastreamento do câncer do colo do útero na Estratégia Saúde da Família no Município de Amparo, São Paulo, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Vale, Diama Bhadra Andrade Peixoto do
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Morais, Sirlei Siani, Pimenta, Aparecida Linhares, Zeferino, Luiz Carlos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/4467
• topic: Programas de Rastreamento; Neoplasias do Colo do Útero; Saúde da Família

Uterine cervical cancer mortality has not been declining. The territorial distribution and registration of families in Brazil's Family Health Strategy help identify women that have performed a Pap smear or that have not had one for more than three years. This study analyzed whether cervical cancer screening in Amparo, São Paulo State, Brazil, made progress in complying with the prevailing guidelines during the seven years of experience with the Strategy. The annual examination rate remained high, with a slight trend towards greater intervals between follow-up tests. Distribution of tests tended to increase in the 40-59-year age bracket and decrease in the over-60 age group, while annual coverage tended to decrease. The proportions of excess tests varied from 61.2% to 65.5%. Concluding, the upgrading of cervical cancer screening was slight, and did not change the opportunistic pattern of follow-up tests. Considering that community health agents can act to increase the coverage of these measures, it is essential to train them for this work.