Women &Health: searching for a gender perspective to understand women’s perception related to their gynecological exam for cancer prevention / Mulher &Saúde: buscando uma visão generificada na percepção das usuárias acerca do exame ginecológico

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1998

RESUMO

This study, of referencial materialistic historical and dialetic (MHD), inserted in a gender perspective, had as objective identify the women in agreement with the social insert, age, entail with the institution, gynecological and obstetric antecedents; to identify the contradictions concerning the perception with relationship to the first gynecological exam of cancer prevention and to identify ways for the transformation of the gynecological attention. The analysis of the data was accomplished through the identification of themes contained in the recordings, in which there were identified as empiric categories the attention to the health, the gynecological exam (reason, knowledge and feelings) and the woman, her life and health. It was verified that the attention continues bounded to the “biological body”, an alienating attitude assumed by the user, reinforced by the media, by the personnel of health and by the own woman. They were also identified feelings linked to the fear, to the shame and the blame feeling. Finally, a dialetic relationship was identified between the user and the health workers. The results indicate the pursuit of the investigation with the professionals of the area.

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women health saúde coletiva gender saúde da mulher gênero collective health

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