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HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PAP TEST COVERAGE: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

VIGILANCIA DE SALUD Y COBERTURA DE PRUEBA DE PAPANICOLAOU: REVISIÓN INTEGRATIVA

ABSTRACT

This integrative review aimed to evidence in the literature health surveillance activities that contribute to the increased coverage of the cervical Pap smear. The search was undertaken between April and May 2014 in the databases LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE and Scopus, using the keywords health surveillance, cervix neoplasm prevention, and Papanicolaou test, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. We selected 341 articles, of which 33 met the inclusion criteria. In studies, the actions have been identified and grouped according to two main control practices of cervical cancer adopted in Brazil: primary prevention and secondary prevention, with emphasis on health promotion and prevention actions that contributed to the increased coverage of the cervical Pap smear.

DESCRIPTORS:
Public health surveillance; Uterine cervical neoplasms; Papanicolaou test; Health services coverage; Nursing

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