The social representation that adolescents from Jalisco, Mexico have of early detection of breast cancer [Representaci�n social que los adolescentes de Jalisco, M�xico, tienen de la detecci�n precoz del c�ncer de mama]

Purpose: To describe the social representation that adolescents from Jalisco, Mexico, have ofearly detection of breast cancer.Design: Qualitative cross, analytical interpretative and based on the theory of social represen-tations. Non-probability sampling.Location: Contact schools in basic education level of 7 municipalities of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, through various government and educational institutions.Participants: A hundred thirty five schooled adolescents, men and women.Method: Interview with 12 focus group 8-12 participants and 1 with 18 participants. The inter-views were transcribed in Atlas Ti program version 4.1 for a semiotic analysis to identify components of social representation.Results: The precocious detection linked itself to the decrease of deaths for cancer of breast, long treatments and mastectomy, but little coverage was perceived to the mammary health of the teenager. They refer as limiter elements of the precocious detection the aspects of kind, psychological and of access to the information and services of health; since facilitators therewas mentioned the transition of the limiter elements to facilitators.Conclusions: A favorable panorama appears on the level of awareness of the teenagers on his mammary health, identifying as a sector highly sensitive to the information about cancer of breast and with disposition to effect actions of early detection; there are identified as important challenge the generation of campaigns, educational materials and spaces of health focused onthe teenager. � 2013 Elsevier Espa�a, S.L.U. All rights reserved