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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COLLABORATORS OF A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY ON THE PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER

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Objective: To assess the knowledge of administrative collaborating in a Private university on the Preventive examination. Methodology: Field research with a quantitative approach, with 50 administrative collaborating 25-64 years of a private University of the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, in the period from August to September 2015 .. Results: 66% of respondents are in the age group 25-40 years Unmarried, with a steady partner, 50% have a child, most 72% have higher education and 90% health insurance. To evaluate the behavior and practices of women regarding the prevention of cervical cancer. 90% had adequate knowledge about the Pap smear and 78% reported that it is very necessary and do periodically even if healthy, but we still find 12% of the collaborators who are more than three years without taking the exam two of which interviewed despite being of reproductive age have never made the .Observou up about examination about HPV, that 94% of women did not know that the virus is the main oncogenic agent and ignorance about the number of partners to be related to cancer of the cervix. Conclusion: The result was satisfactory, but it is noticed during data collection the need for more information about the vulnerability in relation to the number of partners and HPV for cancer of the cervix.