SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY: THE PERSPECTIVE OF WOMEN USING A SPECIALIZED OUTLET
Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. Secondary Care. Mammography. Health promotion. Disease Prevention.
ABSTRACT
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) currently present a worrying scenario as they constitute 7 of the 10 leading causes of death worldwide. Among NCDs, breast cancer is currently the most diagnosed type among women in the world and in Brazil, with the exception of cases of non-melanoma skin cancer. Considering that this is one of the diseases that women fear the most and that social determinants influence their prognosis, health promotion and disease prevention actions need to be employed based on the principle of coping with Social Determinants of Health (SDH). It is emphasized that health professionals point out difficulties in acting based on the SDH because they are still very focused on changing the individual's behavior. Currently, breast cancer screening has the mammography exam as its main method and it is observed that some barriers may be linked to performing this exam, such as: attitudes and knowledge regarding cancer, lack of adherence to care recommendations in health, discomfort generated by the exam, fear of the exam being positive for cancer, individual characteristics such as race, age, education and socioeconomic class, difficulties related to access such as scheduling and transportation to the exam site, among others. This is a descriptive exploratory field research with a qualitative approach, which aims to analyze the view of women who use a specialized outpatient clinic on screening mammography. The study setting will be the specialized outpatient clinic of the Januário Cicco Maternity School and data collection will take place through an interview with a semi-structured script with women aged 50 to 69 years. The data from the interviews will be coded, summarized, systematized and analyzed with the help of the software for qualitative data analysis, the ATLAS.ti Cloud version, using Bardin's Thematic Analysis as an analysis technique. As a result of this study, it is intended to develop a didactic material aimed at women users of the specialized outpatient clinic with the objective of alleviating fears, beliefs and weaknesses, among other points that may be evidenced, in addition to helping health professionals and the management in the improvement and qualification of care, prevention and health promotion actions for these women.