Epidemiological profile of women with HPV treated in a basic health unit
In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 5177-5183
Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of women with HPV who treated in a Basic Health Unit. Method: A survey of quantitative trait was performed in a district in the municipality of Santa Cruz/RN through the individual records of 205 users of the Unit. Results: The epidemiological profile was characterized by women with age between 19-30 years; married; white; schooling until the incomplete high school; income up to a wage minimum; first intercourse among 15-17 years; with a partner. Conclusion: The same are in the risk group for the involvement of HPV because they present themselves as young, married, low education and income, and sexual initiation before age 18 years.