Coverage of screening for cervical cancer in a northeastern state of Brazil / Cobertura da triagem para câncer do colo do útero em um estado do nordeste do Brasil
Bezerra, Héllyda de Souza; Mendes, Tatiana de Medeiros Carvalho; Souza, Talita Araujo de; Nascimento, Ana Karoline de Freitas; Macedo, Heloyse Kelly de Sousa; Andrade, Fabia Barbosa de.
J. Hum. Growth Dev. (Impr.)
; 31(1): 145-151, Jan.-Apr. 2021. graf, map, tab
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| LILACS, INDEXPSI | ID: biblio-1250161
BACKGROUNG Cervical cancer is a serious public health problem in Brazil and around the world. Its screening through the Pap smear screening is crucial for prevention and early detection.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of the study was to evaluate the Pap smear ratio in the regions of the State of Rio Grande do Norte from 2008 to 2014, and to describe the regions with lower and higher screening for cervical cancer according to the space.METHODS:
It is a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study that used secondary data from SISCOLO/DATASUS. The sample was composed by the 167 municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, divided by the eight regions of that State. The results were expressed in absolute and relative frequencies, the differences between means were analyzed by the T student tests, in which significant differences were considered when p<0.05. The mapping of results was done through the TabWin program 32.CONCLUSION:
The average ratio of Pap smear varied considerably between the regions of the State in the years 2008 to 2014. There was decrease in the average of the ratio between the years 2008 and 2014, especially in the metropolitan region. Regarding the space, it was seen that most of the municipalities with the lower ratio are located at the ends of the map. Knowing the cytopathological ratio indicator in the regions of the State is fundamental for the management of health in that State, in order to better qualify practitioners and to establish specific goals for the evaluation of coverage of cervical cancer.
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BR67.1
Ubicación: BR67.1
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