Lo que no se ve, no existe: percepciones sobre cáncer y papilomavirus humano en jóvenes universitarios, Medellín, Colombia, 2014

Abstract

Para citar este artículo / To reference this article / Para citar este artigo Tamayo-Acevedo LS, Gil-Cano PA, Tamayo-Acevedo, LE. Lo que no se ve, no existe: percepciones sobre cáncer y papilomavirus humano en jóvenes universitarios, Medellín, Colombia, 2014. Aquichan. 201515(2):253-270. DOI: 10.5294/aqui.2015.15.2.9 resumeN Objetivo: comprender las percepciones de los estudiantes de pregrado de la Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, sobre los cánceres de cuello uterino, canal anal, orofaringe y pene, y cómo los relacionan con la infección por PVH. Materiales y métodos: estudio etnográfico, realizado de marzo del 2013 a abril del 2014, participaron 23 mujeres y 14 hombres en ocho grupos de discusión. Sus discursos fueron grabados, transcritos y analizados con el método argumentativo. Resultados: en general, los/as jóvenes relacionaron el cáncer cervicouterino con el PVH, pero no con los tipos de cáncer en canal anal, orofaringe y pene, sobre los cuales tenían poco conocimiento o desconocían. El pensar que las mujeres son las que contraen el cáncer cervical y contagian a los hombres con el PVH no les permitió imaginar que existieran otros cánceres asociados al PVH. Conclusión: las percepciones y la falta de claridad en la relación PVH y otros cánceres, pueden incrementar el riesgo de infección por las prácticas sexuales y en el tiempo aumentar la prevalencia de estos cánceres. PALAbrAs cLAVeAdulto joven, investigación cualitativa, infecciones por papilomavirus, neoplasias, percepción social (Fuente: DeCS, Bireme). Understand what undergraduate students at the University of Antioquia think about cervical, anal, oropharyngeal and penile cancer, and how they associate these types of cancer with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Materials and Methods: This is an ethnographic study conducted during the period from March 2013 to April 2014. It included 23 women and 14 men who were divided into eight discussion groups. What they had to say was recorded, transcribed and analyzed using the argumentative method. Findings: Overall, the young people who took part in the study associate HPV with cervical cancer, but not with anal, oropharyngeal and penile cancer. In fact, they had little knowledge or knew nothing about those types of cancer. Thinking that women are the ones who contract cervical cancer and infect men with HPV prevented them from imagining there might be other types of cancer associated with HPV infection. Conclusion: Ignorance among women about other types of cancer associated with HPV infection might cause them to neglect preventive measures and increase the risk of infection through sexual practices. The study ratifies the need to develop programs to promote health and to prevent infection with this virus. KeywordsYoung adult, qualitative research, papillomavirus infections, neoplasia, social perception (Source: DeCS, Bireme). 255Lo que no se ve, no existe: percepciones sobre cáncer y papilomavirus humano en jóvenes universitarios, Medellín, Colombia, 2014 l Lucía Stella Tamayo-Acevedo y otros O que...

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