Atitudes e Práticas face í  Exposição Solar dos Carteiros do Municí­pio de Juazeiro do Norte-CE

Séphora  Natércia Albuquerque Oliveira; Modesto  Leite Rolim Neto; Francisco Antônio  Castro Lacaz

doi:10.36489/saudecoletiva.2020v10i57p3717-3728

Authors

Séphora Natércia Albuquerque Oliveira
Modesto Leite Rolim Neto
Francisco Antônio Castro Lacaz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2020v10i57p3717-3728

Keywords:

Public health, Skin Neoplasms, Dermatology

Abstract

Work-related diseases can be classified as a Public Health Problem (PSB), as they affect an important number of individuals and are liable to become the object of individual or collective actions for their prevention and control in population terms. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the attitudes and practices towards the sun exposure of postmen in the Municipality of Juazeiro do Norte-CE. METHOD: Cross-sectional cohort study focusing on the quantitative approach. RESULTS: Postmen expose themselves to the sun at inappropriate times and that most of the interviewees expose themselves to the sun around 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the period of the day when UVA and UVB radiation are most prevalent. CONCLUSION: We found that postmen from the city of Juazeiro do Norte-CE constitute a group susceptible to skin diseases, such as skin cancer, since most of them, in relation to the skin phototype, were evaluated as having Type II skins. and III.

Author Biographies

Séphora Natércia Albuquerque Oliveira

Doctor, Master in Preventive Medicine from the Federal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP.

Modesto Leite Rolim Neto

Free Professor at the School of Public Health at USP. Post-Doctorate in Public Health from the University of São Paulo – USP.

Francisco Antônio Castro Lacaz

Physician, Master in Medicine, Preventive Medicine, from the Faculty of Medicine of São Paulo, University of São Paulo; PhD in Medicine, Collective Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas; post-doctorate in Social Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is currently Holder Professor (retired) at Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Department of Preventive Medicine. Collaborating professor of the Graduate Program in Collective Health (master's degree), Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (UFPr).