Background:

cancer is a disease that represents a public health problem worldwide.

Objective:

to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention program on the prevention of cervical cancer in young people belonging to the North Placetas Teaching Polyclinic.

Methods:

a pre-experimental intervention study with a mixed approach was carried out at the North Placetas Teaching Polyclinic during 2018. Theoretical methods were used: historical-logical, inductive-deductive, systemic-structural-functional and modeling; Empirical: documentary analysis, questionnaire, nominal and focal group and the review of sources and statistics.

Results:

early sexual relations were the prevalent condition. 40% of the females presented 1 or 2 risk factors; Before applying the educational intervention program, despite the predominance of pre-university education, the level of information was insufficient (66.66%), so an educational intervention was developed. After its implementation, it was possible to verify that there were very significant changes in the level of information on cervical cancer.

Conclusions:

the designed educational intervention program was valued by the specialists as adequate and effective in raising the level of information on the prevention of cervical cancer in the population studied.

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