Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women

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Autor(a) principal: Godoy,Yolanda
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Godoy,Clara, Reyes,Juan
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
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Resumo: The purpose of this work was to explore: knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding gynecologic cancer screening on Ecuadorian women users of primary care facilities, to identify the social representations that users of health services make about these programs and their influence on the decision to undergo a screening. An exploratory and qualitative research design was held using focus groups and in-depth interviews for data collection. A narrative content analysis of the results was conducted. Women’s knowledge on gynecological cancer screening was confusing. Most frequent misconceptions related to the pap smear were: the belief that it could be useful for detecting pregnancy, ovarian cysts or infections. Most of the participants stated that the pap smear procedure is a traumatic and painful experience. Regarding to mammography women said it was used for sick woman and this procedure by itself may cause cancer.
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title Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
spellingShingle Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
Godoy,Yolanda
Health Vulnerability
Rural Population
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
title_short Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
title_full Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
title_fullStr Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
title_full_unstemmed Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
title_sort Social Representations of Gynecologic Cancer Screening Assessment a Qualitative research on Ecuadorian women
author Godoy,Yolanda
author_facet Godoy,Yolanda
Godoy,Clara
Reyes,Juan
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author2 Godoy,Clara
Reyes,Juan
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Godoy,Yolanda
Godoy,Clara
Reyes,Juan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Health Vulnerability
Rural Population
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
topic Health Vulnerability
Rural Population
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
description The purpose of this work was to explore: knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding gynecologic cancer screening on Ecuadorian women users of primary care facilities, to identify the social representations that users of health services make about these programs and their influence on the decision to undergo a screening. An exploratory and qualitative research design was held using focus groups and in-depth interviews for data collection. A narrative content analysis of the results was conducted. Women’s knowledge on gynecological cancer screening was confusing. Most frequent misconceptions related to the pap smear were: the belief that it could be useful for detecting pregnancy, ovarian cysts or infections. Most of the participants stated that the pap smear procedure is a traumatic and painful experience. Regarding to mammography women said it was used for sick woman and this procedure by itself may cause cancer.
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