Levantamento dos hábitos de vida e fatores de risco de cancer dos tabagistas do municipio de Sidrolandia/MS

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2007

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According to the Mundial Health Organization (OMS), the tabaccoism is the main cause of preventive death in all the world, being a serious public health problem, because of it is responsible by the development of many kinds of cancer and other illnesses. This work had as objective to realize a sum up of the life habits and risk factors of tobacconists in Sidrolandia/MS. Three groups of the Family Health Program in the urban zone of the town participated of the study. It was analyzed, 501 smokers that was identified by the communitarian health agents in their micro area and answered to a formulary base don the inquiries used by the National Institute of Cancer and the Coordination of Prevention and Vigilance. The results collected showed that: 42,9% are adults between 26 and 45 years old, 55,7% are women, 12,4% are analphabets, 66,6% don t studied the complete fundamental school and 95,8% are not studying actually. The majority (67,3%) lives with a partner, 55,7% are housewives, and 99% earns a familiar per capit salary of until 2 minimum salaries; 41,0% started smoking in the teenage and 58,4% use industrial cigarettes; 49,6% smoke a medium of 10 cigarettes a day, including in the houses, although they know it is prejudicial to the health, putting all the family in the passive tabaccoism. According to the health problems, 50,5% present some problem, being 30,5% respiratory/allergic problems; 17,4% high pressure and 10,8% depression. The main risk factors of cancer met in this research were: sedentary life (77,7%), frequent habit of drinking alcohol drinks (48,7%) and high height (37,1%) e 37,9% of them, though smoking are exposed to one of these risk factors; 43,3% exposed to two of these risk factors and 13% exposed to three of these risk factors. By this way, it becomes fundamental that the Tabaccoism Program and the others risk factors of cancer in the town, by the Health Municipal Secretary, invest in actions of promotion of health and prevention of illness in the city, pretending to alert the community about the risk factors of cancer. Those who are tobacconists should be told to participate in the program of smoking treatment, and the children and teens should be involved in education actions in the schools and units of health, to know the badness of the tabaccoism.

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cancer tabagismo tabaccoism saude coletiva

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