Performance of tests to prevent cervical cancer: promoting health nursing home

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Camila Chaves da
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Freitas, Lydia Vieira, Dias, Levânia Maria Benevides, Lima, Thaís Marques, Damasceno, Ana Kelve de Castro, Pinheiro, Ana Karina Bezerra
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4571
• topic: Nursing; Health Services for the Aged; Cervix Neoplasms Prevention.

A growing number of elderly women sexually active, requiring the attention of health professionals to exercise their sexuality in a healthy way. Aimed at learning about the habits for the prevention of cervical cancer in elderly institutionalized in Fortaleza. Study a quantitative approach, with a descriptive and cross-section. Held in a nursing home, with 46 and 26 elderly. Data collection was by an instrument of objective questions in the month of April 2008. Found low education, a minority were married, 21.7% had never performed the Pap smear, 63.9% contained no regularity in the examinations and none had cancer. Some factors hinder the implementation of strategies for Health Education: low educational level, the proximity of death. But we have to invest in activities that encourage this population in the areas of their lives.