SKIN CANCER: KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF FISHERMEN AND FISHERWOMEN REGARDING SKIN CANCER

• Main Authors: Magaly Bushatsky, Mariana Boulitreau Siqueira Campos Barros, Jabiael Carneiro da Silva Filho, Jéssica Rayanne da Silva Bezerra, Paula Christine Monteiro Morais, Lorena Souza Leão Trajano
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2016-03-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Neoplasms; Skin; Public Health
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i1.43323

The present study aimed to describe fishermen’s knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding skin cancer. It is a transversal, descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study using an interview script. It was undertaken in the Colônia de Pescadores do Pina (Pina Fishing Community), Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, in January – November 2014. Excel 2013 was used for the quantitative analysis of the data, with the support of the Epi Info software version 3.5.2. Of the 100% (90) fishermen and fisherwomen interviewed, 78% (71) were male, with a mean age of 28.4 years old, and 64.4% (58) had never participated in any educational event on the issue. In the sample, 84.4% (76) are exposed to the sun for five hours per day or over, and 62.2% (56) do not protect themselves against the sun. The fishermen and fisherwomen do not use effective measures for protecting themselves. As a result, access to means of protection and education and health may be instruments for encouraging practices for prevention against skin cancer.