Analysis of the attention network to the cervical cancer from the trajectory of users in the Federal District-BR

• Main Authors: Jeíza Andrade Santana, Maria Raquel Gomes Maia Pires, Teresa Christine Pereira Morais, Sirléia Ferreira de Oliveira Souza, Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems, Naianny Rosa Calaça dos Santos
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Brasília 2012-04-01
• Series: Revista Gestão & Saúde
• Subjects: Health services; Women’s health; Uterine neoplasm.
• Online Access: http://www.gestaoesaude.unb.br/index.php/gestaoesaude/article/view/119/pdf_1

This study deals with the attention network to the cervical cancer (CC) in the Federal District (DF) from the trajectory of users of these services. Objectives: to delineate the pathway of care for women from the onset of symptoms until the completion of treatment; identify the potential and limits of the attention network to the CC in the DF. Methodology: ten qualitative and quantitative case studies were held from individual narratives. Data was collected through interviews and analysis of medical records, in 2010. Results: women have easy access to the basic health network, for consultation and colpo-cytological, but they live with the diversity of medical conducts, delayed test results, barriers in the access to the specialty consultations and examinations that support a diagnosis, leading them to have recourse to the private network. Conclusions: there is disconnection between the attention points, jeopardizing the quality and continuity of care for women with CC.