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HPV x câncer de colo do útero:O conhecimento das mulheres na região central de um município referência da região de saúde Ilha do Bananal-TO

2019; Centro Universitário UnirG; Volume: 7; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.18606/2318-1419/amazonia.sci.health.v7n2p70-78

2318-1419

Aline Gomes de Andrade, Layla Alves da Silva, Cláudia Christina Guimarães Neri de Magalhães,

Science and Education Research

Introduction:The Human Papilloma Virus, it is known as HPV, considered sexually transmitted, it is one of the great factors that lead to the development of cervical cancer.Women are exposed to viruses throughout their lives, mostly without having the cognition about what it causes in fact.Objective: Knowing the perception of women from 20 to 24 years of cervical cancer related to HPV, it made through the data collection in a certain health unit in the Gurupi central region-TO.Methodology: A cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, it acomplished through a questionnaire prepared by the researchers, it containing questions related to the woman's knowledge aged 20-24 years on HPV and cervical cancer.Results: 30.97% of the interviewees are 20 years old, 69.68% have completed high school, 76.13% are single, 79.35% say they know what HPV is, 59.35% report knowing the symptoms, but when they have been asked to mark one of them 39.35% answered "I do not know".90.32% of them are aware of cervical cancer, 50.32% say that HPV is unrelated to cervical cancer and most of the women obtained the information from the Basic Health Family Unit (UBS) 31, 61%.Conclusion: The study found out that there is a lack of communication between professionals and community, it is observed that women have an erroneous perception, since the vast majority claim to have knowledge about the HPV virus and cancer, but it does not identify correctly the signs and symptoms and the relationship between them.