Diseño de una estrategia educativa para la prevencion de cáncer de cuello uterino en mujeres de 30 a 60 año. Consultorio 4. Centro de Salud Enrique Ponce Luque año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer is a condition of great impact in all social spheres that contributes to the high rates of morbidity and mortality in the entire world. Occupying the third place in Ecuador with 8.41% of deaths, year 2015. Objective: design an educational strategy for the prevention of cervical cancer in women from 30 to 60 years of office 4, health center Enrique Ponce Luque . Year 2018. Materials and Methods: a descriptive, observational, prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted, including 81 women aged 30 to 60 years old from the Enrique Ponce Luque Health Center, the information was taken through a survey. The results were processed through the statistical program SPSS version 20.0. Results: in the study the age group of 30-39 years (39,6%), bachelor (53%) and housewives (75,3%) predominated, in addition there is ignorance of the risk factors of cervical cancer, such as infection by papilloma virus (81.5%), sexual partners (81.5%), multiparity (90.1%), early onset of sexual intercourse (88.9%) condom use (51.9%); frequency with which PAP is performed (55.6%). Conclusions: The majority of the women in the study showed lack of knowledge, which could eventually alert the health authorities and reinforce the prevention program. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out an educational strategy that allows to modify the knowledge about the risk factors.