Estrategia de promoción de Salud para detección oportuna de cáncer cervicouterino en mujeres entre 35 y 64 años que acuden al Centro de Salud Yaruquies, Chimborazo, diciembre 2021-febrero 2022.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to implement a health promotion strategy for a timely detection of cervical cancer in women aged between 35 and 64 years old who attend the Yaruquies Health Center, Chimborazo, during the period December 2021- February 2022. A descriptive-observational, longitudinal study, and bibliographic was carried out.; with a qualitative and quantitative approach. The gathering of data was made with the application of a survey to a sample of 186 women aged between 35 and 64 years who attend the Yaruquies Health Center. The data analysis was carried out with Excel and the Jamovi 2.3 program, to determine the relationship and significant differences between the study variables, Chi Square (χ²) was used with a significance level of 0.05 and the McNeemar statistical test. The results determined that the predominant age of the study group was between 35 to 44 years (56.47%), the marital status was married (60.75%), self-identified as mestizo (79%), and with basic educational instruction and secondary in the same proportion (33, 87%); When the relationship between the variables and the performance of Pap smears were stablished, a statistically significant relationship was found between the instruction and the performance of this test, where p=0.04. In relation to the performance of cervicovaginal cytology, 79.57% had not performed this screening test during the last year and 13.98% had never been performed. In addition, the group studied is mostly unaware of the timely detection of cervical cancer (90.86%). It is concluded that the majority of women operated on do not know about cervical cancer and the importance of its timely detection. A low dissemination of information in reference to this topic is recognized, which is accompanied by low coverage in the performance of the cervicovaginal cytology test and it is associated with a low educational level, that is why, it is essential to implement a promotion strategy Outbreak-based health education, to improve knowledge and attitudes regarding Pap smear testing in the study group.