The Importance of Rectal Touch Examination in the Prevention of Prostate Cancer and the Role of Nurses in Self-Care in Front of Ribeirinha Reality

Abstract

The Prostate cancer is the second neoplasm that most affects men in Brazil (INCA, 2017). However, there is usually a neglect of man related to his health and resistance to screening by performing the digital rectal exam (Souza, Silva & Pinheiro, 2011). Given this scenario, the reality of the riverside is found, which needs further clarification about health services (Miranda, Corrêa, Nogueira, Palmeira & Rodrigues, 2017). Therefore, the present study aims to report the experience of nursing students in carrying out a health education action on the importance of the digital rectal exam in the prevention of prostate cancer. It is an experience report developed by undergraduate nursing students in a riverside community. Held on 11/15/2019, on Ilha das Onças in the municipality of Barcarena / PA, in a local church space, where there was an action in health to riverside dwellers, focusing on the prevention of prostate cancer. The report was based on the methodology of problematizing the “Arco de Maguerez”. The action was received with great enthusiasm, the participants were very attentive and collaborative, expressed a lot of opinion related to the subject, demonstrated reluctance about the preventive exam, a fact that reinforces the relevance of addressing the subject. They also reported the great difficulty in accessing health services. Furthermore, it was found that the participants had little knowledge about the subject. This reality, which generated several doubts during the action. The activity points out the need for methods of prevention and the demystification of the digital rectal exam, in addition to showing that it is necessary to have information, respect for equity, the National Policy for Integral Attention to Men's Health and the Population Policy of the Field and Forest.