Factors Associated with the Detection of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer in Primary Health Care: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.
Quenia Camille Soares MartinsFabia Cheyenne Gomes De Morais FernandesViviane Euzebia Perreira SantosIngrid Guerra AzevedoLamech Simplício Góes de Carvalho NascimentoCynthia Cibelle Dos Santos XavierSilvana Alves PereiraPublished in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2020)
The type of employment relationship of medical professionals and nurses working in primary care had an influence on the number of correct answers for knowledge of childhood and adolescent cancer, but only the professional category (physician) was associated with the highest number when controlled by covariables, thereby justifying the need to improve the curricular training of nurses and greater investments in primary health care for continuing health education that includes infant and adolescent oncology.