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Avaliação do conhecimento sobre o vírus do papiloma humano (HPV) e sua vacinação entre agentes comunitários de saúde na cidade de Tubarão, Santa Catarina, em 2014*

2017; MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5123/s1679-49742017000200017

ISSN

2237-9622

Autores

André Luciano Manoel, Andreia Bittencourt Rodrigues, Elisa Zanatta Piva, Thainá Paola Warpechowski, Fabiana Schuelter‐Trevisol, André Luciano Manoel, Andreia Bittencourt Rodrigues, Elisa Zanatta Piva, Thainá Paola Warpechowski, Fabiana Schuelter‐Trevisol,

Tópico(s)

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

Resumo

Objective: to evaluate the knowledge of Community Health Agents (CHA) about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and its vaccination.Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with CHA who worked in Tubarão-SC, Brazil, in 2014; data were collected through an evaluation tool about HPV and its vaccination, validated for English language and translated and adapted into Portuguese.Results: 124 CHA participated in this study; all of them had already heard about HPV, but only 25.0% had heard about HPV testing; 72.6% answered correctly less than 70.0% of the questions; those who answered correctly more than 70.0%were, in general, younger than the other CHA (p=0.010).Conclusion: CHA demonstrated little knowledge on HPV, which may affect their work as multipliers in the prevention of diseases and in education in health.

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