Level of knowledge on oral cancer in a sector of the population

Abstract

Introduction: knowledge of oral cancer in all the population is very important, that permit to   act over factors of risk to suffer Oral cancer and to diminish the morbidity in this illness.
Objective: to describe the level knowledge about factors of risk of Oral cancer in the population studied, the protective factors to prevent the Oral cancer and the alarm signs related with the Oral cancer; as well as to evaluate the level of knowledge before and after the application of the educational strategy to the population.
Materials and methods: was carried out an experimental study of educational intervention to increase the perception of risk about Oral cancer, in the territory assisted by the General Hospital "Julio Aristegui Villamil" of Cárdenas. The level of knowledge about Oral cancer was studied in 450 patients.
Results: low level of knowledge was diagnosed in population´s studied (78,5 %). Then was designed and executed a Strategy of Educational Intervention to increase the perception of the risk about Oral cancer in the population according to the learning necessities. The level of knowledge after the educational intervention was Satisfactory in the 94,2 % of the population.
Conclusions: at first most of population have a not satisfactory level of knowledge about Oral cancer, but it turned out to be Satisfactory in almost totally, after applying the educational intervention. This educational intervention turned out to be a suitable method for the health´s education regarding Oral cancer in the studied population.