Knowledge of users of an integrated clinic in health on skin cancer

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1595132525027

• Palavras-chave: Skin cancer; Nursing care; Knowledge; Nursing.

• Keywords: Skin cancer; Nursing care; Knowledge; Nursing.

• Abstract:

  Skin cancer accounts for 33% of all diagnoses of this disease in Brazil. The most common is non-melanoma skin cancer, which has a low lethality rate, high. It is classified into but its numbers are very basal cell carcinomas carcinomasand squamous cell . Melanoma is the least common of all skin cancers, but has the worst prognosis and the highest mortality rate. The aim was to identify the knowledge of users of an integrated clinic health about skin cancer. The research was qualitative, descriptive and field-based. It was carried out in an  at integrated health clinica community university in the south of Santa Catarina, where a semi-structured interview was conducted with seventeen clinic users in August 2013.  The data  analyzed and interpreted wasby categorizing, sorting, classifying and finally analyzing the data. was found, Partially correct knowledge of skin cancer regardless of education level, as well as the fact that it is a public health problem that everyone should be aware of. The thus seenimportance of addressing this issue for the promotion, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer throughout society was . Also, the importance of  role the nurse'sin health education throughout the process, so that everyone has detailed knowledge to follow the necessary recommendations . regarding this