SKIN CANCER: KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF FISHERMEN AND FISHERWOMEN REGARDING SKIN CANCER

Authors

  • Magaly Bushatsky Faculdade de Enfermagem Nossa Senhora das Graças - Universidade de Pernambuco.
  • Mariana Boulitreau Siqueira Campos Barros Universidade Federal de Pernambuco- CAV
  • Jabiael Carneiro da Silva Filho Faculdade de Enfermagem Nossa Senhora das Graças - Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Jéssica Rayanne da Silva Bezerra
  • Paula Christine Monteiro Morais
  • Lorena Souza Leão Trajano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i1.43323

Keywords:

Neoplasms, Skin, Public Health.

Abstract

The present study aimed to describe fishermen’s knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding skin cancer. It is a transversal, descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study using an interview script. It was undertaken in the Colônia de Pescadores do Pina (Pina Fishing Community), Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, in January – November 2014. Excel 2013 was used for the quantitative analysis of the data, with the support of the Epi Info software version 3.5.2. Of the 100% (90) fishermen and fisherwomen interviewed, 78% (71) were male, with a mean age of 28.4 years old, and 64.4% (58) had never participated in any educational event on the issue. In the sample, 84.4% (76) are exposed to the sun for five hours per day or over, and 62.2% (56) do not protect themselves against the sun. The fishermen and fisherwomen do not use effective measures for protecting themselves. As a result, access to means of protection and education and health may be instruments for encouraging practices for prevention against skin cancer.

Author Biography

Magaly Bushatsky, Faculdade de Enfermagem Nossa Senhora das Graças - Universidade de Pernambuco.

Doutora em saúde da Criança e do Adolescente. Coordenadora da Residência de Enfermagem em Oncologia e Infectologia. Coordenadora do CEP do HUOC. Recife – PE – Brasil.

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Published

2016-03-28

How to Cite

Bushatsky, M., Barros, M. B. S. C., da Silva Filho, J. C., Bezerra, J. R. da S., Morais, P. C. M., & Trajano, L. S. L. (2016). SKIN CANCER: KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF FISHERMEN AND FISHERWOMEN REGARDING SKIN CANCER. Cogitare Enfermagem, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i1.43323

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2016)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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