Objective: The main aim si to develop a tool for assessing the adherence of women performing the cytological examination of the cervix.Method: This is anexploratory, descriptive with quantitative approach, which followed four steps for the construction of the instrument. Held between May and July 2015, using a sample of 384 women attending health facilities in João Pessoa city family. Data were analyzed by applying factor analysis and then correspondence analysis.Results: Scores were calculated from the influential factors reported by these women to perform the cytological examination, and then these scores were associated with the frequency of the examination. As for frequency, 37% performed annually, 25.1% every two years and 20.5% every six months, associated between the low and medium scores. While the high score was associated with a lower frequency, corresponding to 1.3% of those who underwent the test every three years and 15.9% who said they have set periods for their realization. Conclusion:The difficulties for not performing the examination, worse adherence to these women that health care, requiring effective interventions of professionals to minimize these barriers.
Objectives: to identify the main health problems of the prison population, describe the sociodemographic and health of convicts profile; point the main complaints and more frequent pathologies.Method: exploratory, descriptive, quantitative and qualitative, held in a maximum security prison. The study sample was composed of 63 convicts, which answer a semi-structured form. For the analysis, there was the simple descriptive statistics and discourse analysis of the collective subject.Results: the prison population is young, with low educational level and family income, present as the main pathologies skin disorders, respiratory disorders, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. Conclusions:are numerous health problems presented by the detainees, as well as their complaints ranging from lack of medical care and other health professionals, to the unsanitary conditions in which live, and picture of state failure and the competent bodies.
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