Health Surveillance and Pap Test Coverage: Integrative Review
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This integrative review aimed to evidence in the literature health surveillance activities that contribute to the increased coverage of the cervical Pap smear. The search was undertaken between April and May 2014 in the databases LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE and Scopus, using the keywords health surveillance, cervix neoplasm prevention, and Papanicolaou test, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. We selected 341 articles, of which 33 met the inclusion criteria. In studies, the actions have been identified and grouped according to two main control practices of cervical cancer adopted in Brazil: primary prevention and secondary prevention, with emphasis on health promotion and prevention actions that contributed to the increased coverage of the cervical Pap smear. DESCRIPTORS: Public health surveillance. Uterine cervical neoplasms. Papanicolaou test. Health services coverage. Nursing. VIGILÂNCIA EM SAÚDE E A COBERTURA DE EXAME CITOPATOLÓGICO DO COLO DO ÚTERO: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA RESUMO: Revisão integrativa com o objetivo de evidenciar na literatura as ações de vigilância em saúde que contribuem para o aumento da cobertura do exame citopatológico do colo do útero. Foi realizada a busca entre abril e maio de 2014, nas bases de dados LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE e Scopus utilizando os descritores vigilância em saúde, câncer do colo do útero, exame de Papanicolau, em português, inglês e espanhol. Foram selecionados 341 artigos, dos quais 33 atenderam aos critérios de inclusão. Nos estudos, as ações foram identificadas e agrupadas conforme duas principais práticas de controle do câncer do colo do útero adotadas no Brasil: prevenção primária e prevenção secundária, destacando-se ações de promoção e prevenção à saúde que contribuem para o aumento da cobertura do exame citopatológico do colo do útero. DESCRITORES: Vigilância em saúde pública. Neoplasias do colo do útero. Teste de Papanicolaou. Cobertura de serviços de saúde. Enfermagem. VIGILANCIA DE SALUD Y COBERTURA DE PRUEBA DE PAPANICOLAOU: REVISIÓN INTEGRATIVA RESUMEN: Revisión integrativa dirigida a la evidencia en la literatura en las actividades de vigilancia de salud que contribuyen al aumento de la cobertura de la citología del cuello uterino. Se llevó a cabo la búsqueda entre abril y mayo de 2014 en las bases de datos LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE y Scopus utilizando los descriptores: vigilancia de salud, cáncer cervical, prueba de Papanicolaou, en Portugués, Inglés y Español. Se seleccionaron 341 artículos, de los cuales 33 cumplieron los criterios de inclusión. En los estudios, las acciones han sido identificadas y agrupadas de acuerdo con dos prácticas principales de control de cáncer cervical adoptados en Brasil: la prevención primaria y prevención secundaria, con énfasis en la promoción y prevención de los factores de salud que contribuyen al aumento de la cobertura de la prueba de citopatológico del cuello uterino. DESCRIPTORES: Vigilancia en salud pública. Neoplasias del cuello uterino. Prueba de Papanicolaou. Cobertura de los servicios de salud. Enfermería. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072016005320015
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