Cervical cancer prevention among quilombola women in the light of Leininger's theory

Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2018;39(1):e2016-4. doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2018.2016-0004. Epub 2018 May 28.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to discuss practices of cervical cancer prevention among Quilombola Women. METHOD This study used, in 2014, a qualitative research approach aiming twenty women from a quilombola community (people who live in quilombos, descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves), which is located in Bahia. A semi-structured interview was developed by researchers in order to collect data. The Ethno-nursing Research method was used to analyze the data. RESULTS The use of cultural care through medicinal plants, and the nursing professional care (Pap Smear exam procedure) were stated by Quilombola women as serving as prevention practices against cervical cancer. However, most women stated that they did not use any prevention practices. CONCLUSION Social, cultural and health access issues are practices that are linked to the cervical cancer prevention among Quilombola Women. Therefore, it is indispensable to create an appropriate care plan for Quilombola women's reality.

MeSH terms

  • Anticarcinogenic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Black People*
  • Brazil
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nursing Theory
  • Papanicolaou Test*
  • Phytotherapy / methods*
  • Phytotherapy / psychology
  • Qualitative Research
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Transcultural Nursing / methods*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / ethnology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anticarcinogenic Agents