Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre cáncer de piel que tienen enfermeras en centros de primer nivel de atención de salud del distrito 11D01

Abstract

Abstract: Through a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study, it was sought to identify the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices on skin cancer in a total population of 40 nurses and nurses of district 11D01. The data wascollected through a self-made survey and for its analysis frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used through the SPSS program.Among the results obtained, the lack of knowledge of more than 80% of the population about skin cancer stands out. However, more than 90% of the respondents consider that any member of the health staff at the first level of care must provide information to anyone who comes to the service. In practices, the tendency is not to provide information on primary prevention and not to use photoprotection measures. The level of knowledge of nurses about skin cancer is poor; however, their attitudes in terms of providing information are positive. In their practices, they do not usually perform prevention, which is related to lack of knowledge.