Prevención de cáncer cérvicouterino: ¿qué nos señala la literatura en relación a la educación dirigida a los profesores de educación básica/media?

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women whose main etiological factor is infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV). Given the epidemiology of this infection is necessary to search at the primary strategies to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. Objective: To determine the evidence on educational interventions in sexual education, prevention of cervical cancer and HPV infection imparted for basic education teachers / media. Method: Search in Medline / PubMed, ProQuest, SciELO, Eric, CINAHL, PsycINFO and metasearch Tripdatabase between May-June 2012. Analysis of the theme: Educational interventions related to sex education is based relay on factors such as political and legislative support of the country, family and socio-cultural context and general context at the school. Teachers are most suitable persons in delivering this content at schools of basic and secondary education. They are perceived by children and young people as credible and reliable sources of information on the sexual. Social learning principles are recommended to teach this content because they allow learning through participatory techniques. Conclusions: Teachers who are better equipped to deliver sexual content are those who have been trained. Teachers identified inexperience with their students to develop programs of a sexual nature and ignorance about how to say, as difficulty to deliver the program.