WOMEN PERCEPTION REGARDING PAPANICOLAOU TEST: FROM OBSERVATION TO UNDERSTANDING

Authors

  • Silvia Letícia Oliveira
  • Ana Carla Hidalgo de Almeida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i3.16183

Keywords:

Neoplasias de colo de útero, Prevenção e controle, Enfermeira, Uterine cervical neoplasms, Prevention and control, Nurse, Neoplasias del cuello uterino, Prevención y control, Enfermera

Abstract

The uterine cervix cancer is the one that most affects women and each year the number of new cases
increase. This study aimed to evaluate the perception of women about the Pap test. Data collection was developed using
semi-structured interviews. There were 22 participants which were attended by the mobile unit of a municipality in Parana
State. Data were analyzed through content analysis, and then some categories emerged: the superficiality of knowledge
about the Pap test of the professional who performs the procedure; the appreciation and recognition of the nurse; and the
importance of information for knowledge construction. According to the results of the study, the interviewed women have
a superficial and equivocated understanding about the Papanicolaou test, and want to take the test because of its curative
aspect rather than the preventive aspect; also, the nurse has a key role in creating a link of confidence between the user
and the health professional, and that information is very important in the construction of knowledge.

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Oliveira, S. L., & de Almeida, A. C. H. (2009). WOMEN PERCEPTION REGARDING PAPANICOLAOU TEST: FROM OBSERVATION TO UNDERSTANDING. Cogitare Enfermagem, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i3.16183

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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