OLIVEIRA, T. B. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1880099078637602; OLIVEIRA, Thaliny Batista Sarmento de.
Resumen:
Oral cancer is currently considered a public health problem, by its increasing incidence and
impact on the population. To minimize these effects there are measures that can be applied,
such as campaigns against smoking and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, oral
hygiene practices, healthy eating, protection from the sun's rays, clinical examination by the
professional and self-examination of the mouth. These measures must be developed by
professionals of the Family Health Strategy (ESF), which is considered the gateway to the
National Health System (SUS), by locating themselves closer to the user, working on aspects
of collective and individual. This study aimed to evaluate the existence of measures for the
prevention of oral cancer in the city of ESF Sousa - PB and examined whether the health care
professional health team and family realizes the main preventive measures taken by
them This is an exploratory and descriptive, with quantitative and qualitative
approach. Research participants were 58 graduates of doctors, nurses and dentists working in
19 ESFs located in the city of Sousa - PB. The technique used for data collection was the
interview, being used as a tool semi-structured questionnaire including variables that allowed
to characterize the profile of the participants, as well as subjective issues that led to the study
objectives. The researcher followed the ethical observances of Resolution 196/96 of the
National Health Council, which deals with research on humans. Quantitative data were
analyzed using the index o f frequency and percentage. Qualitative data were analyzed using
content analysis, in its mode of thematic analysis according to Bardin. It was found that there
was a predominance of females, with an average age between 23 and 38 years. Most
professionals have time to work on the FHS over three years, and much has graduate. The
qualitative analysis was possible to identify which part of the professional team of family
health performs preventive practices against oral cancer. However, these practices are often
developed in a piecemeal fashion, characterized by knowledge and weakened by the
separation of activities by occupational categories, opposing an interdisciplinary and
comprehensive care, away from the objectives proposed by the SUS. Some interviewees said
they need courses and improvements to make them more likely to develop these measures. It
becomes important to include policies aimed at FHS for prevention o f oral cancer, since the
need for training of professionals on the importance and implementation of this practice, as
well as educating the population about the disease and its risk factors.