Políticas de saúde pública para o controle do câncer de mama no Brasil

Abstract

In most of the twentieth century, national health policies were addressed to women's pregnancy-puerperal cycle. In 1980, a proposal to care then gained in the Program for Integrated Women's Health (PAISM) and in 2004, emerged a proposal that prioritizes health promotion, through the National Policy for Integrated Health Women's (PNAISM). The purpose of this study was to analyze, epistemological, the assumptions of health promotion of PNAISM.A reflective study, based on the principles and guidelines of PNAISM and assumptions of health promotion presented in letters from conferences on health promotion. The PNAISM presents itself in an innovative way to address issues related to the promotion and humanization of health in order to minimize inequities in women’s health, attending excluded groups of society and areas just before assisted.