Health Education as a Tool for the Prevention of Prostate Cancer in the Elderly: Experience Report
Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho, Dandara de Fátima Ribeiro Bendelaque, Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar, Sara Melissa Lago Sousa, Celice Ruanda Oliveira Sobrinho, Lorena Nayara Alves Neves, Carla Sena Cunha, Ivone de Melo Sousa, Nancy de Souza Felipe de Nazaré, Suzanne Lourdes Souza Carvalho, Rafael Everton Assunção Ribeiro da Costa, Ivonete Vieira Pereira Peixoto
International Research Journal of Oncology · pp. 20–26 · Published 4 May 2020
Abstract
Objective: Report the realization of a health education action aimed at the prevention of prostate cancer. Methodology: This is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, of the experience report type, carried out in a Municipal Health Unit (UMS). The activity took place in three main moments: Lecture; Conversation round and application of active methodologies. From the IRAMUTEQ, a textual corpus was submitted to similarity analysis. Results: The results show that the participants do not have habits that benefit their health, such as inadequate diet and lack of physical activities, in addition to low adherence to detection tests and demand for health services. They had insufficient knowledge about the neoplasm, pointing out family history as the main risk factor for prostate cancer. Conclusion: It is noted that the elderly has difficulties in adhering to conducts that help prevent prostate cancer, requiring the promotion of actions that provide information related to the benefits of healthy habits and the performance of tests to detect the pathology.
Cited by 0
No indexed citations yet.
Related research
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): What Can Africa Learn from Ongoing Research in Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Chemotherapy and Prevention? — shares topic coverage
- Colorectal Cancer Risk and Prevention Knowledge among Adults Attending Public Health Facilities in Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
- Sociocultural Factors Influencing Malaria Prevention and Treatment Pathways among Pregnant Women in the Foumban Health District, Cameroon — shares topic coverage
- "In vitro" Evaluation of Some Properties in Spore Former Bacteria Isolated from Calves Faeces — shares topic coverage
- Evaluation of Hygiene Practices among Medical Staff Using Mobile Phones at Yaoundé General Hospital: Implications for Infection and Sepsis Prevention — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
0
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
0
Citations
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
No views recorded yet.
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
No traffic recorded yet.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.