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Health education and self-care actions as determinants for cancer prevention and control
Educação em saúde e ações de autocuidado como determinantes para prevenção e controle do câncer
Educación en salud y acciones de autocuidado como determinantes para la prevención y el controle del cáncer
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Abstract Objective: identifying the scientific literature on health education and self-care actions such as prevention
and cancer control strategy. Method: an integrative review of the literature using the Lilacs and Scielo data
for the period 2003 to 2013. Results: after analyzing the 22 articles selected... view more
Objective: identifying the scientific literature on health education and self-care actions such as prevention
and cancer control strategy. Method: an integrative review of the literature using the Lilacs and Scielo data
for the period 2003 to 2013. Results: after analyzing the 22 articles selected, four thematic categories
emerged: health education as a means of cancer prevention, self-care practices in cancer prevention,
education campaigns about cancer and knowledge of cancer prevention. Conclusion: the number of new
cases of cancer increased significantly due to the longer life expectancy of the population and also due to
the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in their formation, making it important to the action of the
nurse as an educator in the prevention and control of disease through guidelines about self-care actions.... view less
Keywords
health education; prophylaxis; cancer; health promotion; health behavior; life style; Brazil; South America
Classification
Health Policy
Free Keywords
self care
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 3274-3291
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i4.3274-3291
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed