Conocimiento sobre los niveles de prevención del cáncer de cuello uterino y de mama de los agentes comunitarios de salud de la Dirección de Redes Integradas de Salud – DIRIS Lima Centro. Año 2018
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2019-08-20
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Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Abstract
En la actualidad, el cáncer constituye un gran problema de salud pública a
nivel mundial. En nuestro país, las neoplasias malignas de cuello uterino y
mama, representan las principales y más frecuentes causas de morbilidad por
cáncer en la mujer adulta.
Como parte de las estrategias del Estado en temas de participación
ciudadana en salud, se ha implementado la intervención de los agentes
comunitarios, quienes realizan acciones de prevención y promoción de salud
en su comunidad.
Considerando entonces, el rol tan importante que tienen estos actores
sociales en la comunidad, la presente investigación tiene por objetivo
determinar el conocimiento sobre los niveles de prevención de cáncer de cuello
uterino y de mama que tienen los agentes comunitarios de salud de la
Dirección de Redes Integradas de Salud – DIRIS Lima Centro.
El estudio es de enfoque cuantitativo, diseño no experimental, método
descriptivo y de corte transversal. Se utilizó como técnica, la encuesta y como
instrumento, el cual fue aplicado a una muestra de 64 agentes comunitarios.
Como resultado se obtuvo que el grado de conocimiento que tienen sobre los
niveles de prevención del cáncer de cuello uterino y de mama es de tipo medio.
Currently, cancer is a major public health problem worldwide. In our country, malignant neoplasms of the cervix and breast represent the main and most frequent causes of cancer morbidity in adult women. As part of the State's strategies on issues of citizen participation in health, the intervention of community agents has been implemented, who carry out actions of prevention and health promotion in their community. Considering then, the so important role that these social actors have in the community, the present investigation has as objective to determine the knowledge on the levels of prevention of cancer of cervix and breast that have the community agents of health of the Direction of Networks Integrated Health - DIRIS Lima Centro. The study is of a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, descriptive and cross-sectional method. The survey was used as a technique and as an instrument, which was applied to a sample of 64 community agents. As a result, it was found that the degree of knowledge they have about cervical and breast cancer prevention levels is medium.
Currently, cancer is a major public health problem worldwide. In our country, malignant neoplasms of the cervix and breast represent the main and most frequent causes of cancer morbidity in adult women. As part of the State's strategies on issues of citizen participation in health, the intervention of community agents has been implemented, who carry out actions of prevention and health promotion in their community. Considering then, the so important role that these social actors have in the community, the present investigation has as objective to determine the knowledge on the levels of prevention of cancer of cervix and breast that have the community agents of health of the Direction of Networks Integrated Health - DIRIS Lima Centro. The study is of a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, descriptive and cross-sectional method. The survey was used as a technique and as an instrument, which was applied to a sample of 64 community agents. As a result, it was found that the degree of knowledge they have about cervical and breast cancer prevention levels is medium.
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Conocimiento, Cáncer de cuello uterino, Cáncer de mama, Prevención, Agentes comunitarios de salud, Knowledge, Cervical cancer, Breast cancer, Prevention, Community health agents