Abstract
Professional Master’s dissertation project on Health Education, from Fluminense Federal University. Aims: to analyze the practice of dentists from the Family Health Strategy (FHS) program in a city of the metropolitan region of the state of Rio de Janeiro with regard to oral cancer, and to describe the organization of the network with regard to the prevention and care of oral cancer in this city. Method: a descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative approach. The target population will be all the dentists working at the FHS units in the city, as well as their government managers. The techniques to be used are individual interviews and focus groups for the production of data, which will then be submitted to thematic analysis, with a focus on promoting the dialogue between the participants’ comments and the theoretical framework.
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