PURPOSE Papanicolaou (Pap) smear services are available in most urban areas in Botswana. Yet most women in such areas do not screen regularly for cancer of the cervix. The purpose of this article is to present findings on the associations of demographic variables and Health Belief Model constructs with Pap smear screening among urban women in Botswana. SAMPLE AND METHODS The study included a ...

BACKGROUND Some primary care physicians choose not to provide cervical cancer screening. PURPOSE To investigate the characteristics and screening beliefs of family practitioners and internists who treat adult women in outpatient settings but perform no routine Pap tests. METHODS A survey of U.S. primary care physicians (N=892) was conducted and analyzed in 2012. RESULTS Participants who p...

The Papanicolou screen (“Pap smear”) was developed in 1928 by Dr. George Papanicolaou for the identification of cervical cancers. It became widely known after his publication in 1941 and widely used in clinical practice in the 1950s; it is now the most commonly performed cancer screening test world-wide (1). This has been one of the most successful cancer screening techniques in modern medicine...

Cervical cancer is an important woman's health problems worldwide, especially in low socio-economic countries. The aim of this study was to compare the Pap smear screening results between Akha hill tribe and urban women who live in Chiang Rai province, Thailand. Screening was conducted for 1,100 Akha women and 1,100 urban women who came to have the Pap smear at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital a...

INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers in women worldwide. Despite the existence of effective screening using Pap smear, the uptake of screening is poor. A qualitative study was undertaken using face-to-face in-depth interviews to investigate knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on cervical cancer screening of Malaysian women. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted with ...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer remains a significant yet preventable disease despite the widespread availability of Pap test screening, which detects cervical cancer and its precursor lesions. The aims of this study were to: i) estimate and compare age- and hysterectomy-adjusted Pap test rates across the 37 Ontario public health units (PHUs), and ii) explore the association between several factors ...

AIMS To explore the public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of Saudi women towards Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study took place in four major secondary and tertiary healthcare hospitals located in the capital city Riyadh between January 2016 and June 2016. A self-administered, coded, close-ended survey was randomly distributed to...

background: although the pap smear is known as one of the effective methods to detect the cervical cancer, a large group of women are reluctant to do the test because of various reasons. therefore, we carried out this study to determine the level of knowledge about cervical cancer and pap smear and the factors influencing the pap test screening among women. methods: in this cross-sectional stud...

PAPANICOLAOU (PAP) SMEAR screening for cervical cancer, introduced in the 1940s, has become a widely accepted cancer screening test. High rates of screening are the rule in all industrialized nations, and the number of cases and deaths from cervical cancer has decreased substantially since the introduction of screening. In the United States, all women have historically been considered eligible ...