THE ACQUIREMENTS OF THE THIRD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS ABOUT CANCER AND ITS PREVENTION

Abstract

This current study had as purpose to investigate which is the knowledge the students on the third year of high school had about the cancer and its forms of prevention. The data to the analysis were obtained trough questionnaires with five open answers applied in a state school from Santa Maria, before and after the expository class about “cancer and the forms of prevention” taught by the pharmaceutical professional. The qualitative analysis of the dates identified definitions and concepts regarding to disease and its ways of prevention. The positioning about what is understanding as a cancer and how to prevents it showed highly conceptions influenced by media, however often devoid of scientific knowledge experienced in the scholastic context. Presuppose that the way how the education is organized and developed, do not contribute expressively to this student can develops comprehension and application of these principles to a better qualification for their existences.