Conhecimento, atitude e prática dos enfermeiros no controle do câncer de mama na estratégia saúde da família

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses working in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Fortaleza-CE on the early detection of breast cancer; it is a descriptive, cross-sectional, using the Survey Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) conducted from September to November 2015 with 122 nurses who make up teams of FHS Fortress health system. To collect the data we used a tool Oliveira (2015), which characterizes and assesses the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses in Primary Care Units Health (UAP) in relation to the early detection of breast cancer. Data were organized in tables and graphs. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Ceará (COMEPE / UFC) with the protocol No. 1233383/15. Regarding the profile of nurses, it was found that most belong to an age group 30-49 years, 92.6% female, 62.3% between 10-20 years of graduate and 82.1% are experts , 75.4% has been operating for over 5 years in the ESF and 60.3% have some training on the subject. Regarding the knowledge of nurses, the majority (46.7%) were classified as regular (41.8%) as inadequate and only (11.5%) had adequate knowledge. As the attitude and practice, it was observed that (73.8%) had an adequate attitude and the majority (57.4%) resulted in a poor practice. Despite the associations between knowledge, attitude and practice did not achieve statistical significance, it is known the influence of knowledge in the perception of the value of adopting health prevention measures (attitude), processing and development of personal skills (practice) for achievement of health promotion. Based on these, the lack of knowledge, attitudes and inadequate practices for early detection of breast cancer reveal the need for ongoing training of professionals involved in the control of breast cancer.