MORBIDITY FROM CERVICAL CANCER AMONG WOMEN ON AN INDIGENOUS RESERVE IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL

• Main Authors: Jackeline Camargos Pereira, Fabiane Melo Heinen Ganassin, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Rogério Dias Renovato, Elaine Aparecida Mye Takamatu Watanabe
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2011-03-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Uterine cervical neoplasms; Women’s health; Indigenous health
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i1.21123

The objective of this ecological and transversal study was to learn about the prevalence of precancerous and cancerous lesions of the cervix and the coverage of screening with the cervical smear test among women in the villages of Jaguapirú and Bororó in the Indian Reserve of Dourados. Data was collected from the Indigenous Health Information Service and the Polo-Base de Dourados/FUNASA Program for the Control of Cervical Cancer, referent to the period 2004-2006. The results showed that the test had mostly taken place among women between 15 and 34 years of age. Screening coverage increased in Jaguapirú and decreased in Bororó. As for cytopathological changes, 5.7% of tests in Jaguapirú indicated premalignant lesions; in the village of Bororó the result was 2.9%. There was evidence of a reduction in the gravity of cervical lesions as the screening program went on. These findings show the importance of control programs for the population under study.