Access to Papanicolaou Test by the Unified Health System users

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Vanessa Franco de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Kerber, Nalú Pereira da Costa, Wachholz, Vanessa Andréia, Pohlmann, Flávia Conceição, Marques, Letícia Amico, Francioni, Fabiane Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2998
• topic: Health Services Accessibility; Papanicolaou Test; Secondary Prevention; Nursing.

Objective: to understand how is the access to the public health service users in the Papanicolaou Test. Methods: qualitative study, with 52 women who have changes in the Pap smear exam, questioning the exam achievement frequency and the difficulties of its access and the consultations. It was developed a thematic analysis based on the Fekete accessibility reference.Results: three categories emerged: access to information on the frequency of Pap smears, highlighting the completion of the examination linked only to the professional application; access to Pap smears, in which most women do not have difficulty; access to a return visit, showing the difficulty of women getting back into service after the exam. Conclusion: most women have easy access to the Pap smear.However, there are limitations on the return visit, hindering to establish immediate actions to the beginning of treatment.