Pap screening clinics with native women in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. Need for innovation.
PROBLEM ADDRESSED: First Nations women in British Columbia, especially elders, are underscreened for cancer of the cervix compared with the general population and are much more likely to die of the disease than other women. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To develop a pilot program, in consultation with commu...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2328291 2023-05-15T16:15:12+02:00 Pap screening clinics with native women in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. Need for innovation. Calam, B. Norgrove, L. Brown, D. Wilson, M. A. 1999-02 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2328291 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10065309 en eng College of Family Physicians of Canada http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2328291 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10065309 Research Article Text 1999 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T19:32:39Z PROBLEM ADDRESSED: First Nations women in British Columbia, especially elders, are underscreened for cancer of the cervix compared with the general population and are much more likely to die of the disease than other women. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To develop a pilot program, in consultation with community representatives, to address the Pap screening needs of First Nations women 40 years and older on a rural reserve. MAIN COMPONENTS OF PROGRAM: Identification of key links to the population; consultation with the community to design an outreach process; identification of underscreened women; implementation of community Pap screening clinics; evaluation of the pilot program. CONCLUSIONS: We developed a Pap screening outreach program that marked a departure from the usual screening approach in the community. First Nations community health representatives were key links for the process that involved family physicians and office staff at a local clinic on a rural reserve. Participation rate for the pilot program was 48%, resulting in an increase of 15% over the previously recorded screening rate for this population. More screening clinics of this type and evaluation for sustainability are proposed. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) Skidegate ENVELOPE(-131.991,-131.991,53.266,53.266) |
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PROBLEM ADDRESSED: First Nations women in British Columbia, especially elders, are underscreened for cancer of the cervix compared with the general population and are much more likely to die of the disease than other women. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To develop a pilot program, in consultation with community representatives, to address the Pap screening needs of First Nations women 40 years and older on a rural reserve. MAIN COMPONENTS OF PROGRAM: Identification of key links to the population; consultation with the community to design an outreach process; identification of underscreened women; implementation of community Pap screening clinics; evaluation of the pilot program. CONCLUSIONS: We developed a Pap screening outreach program that marked a departure from the usual screening approach in the community. First Nations community health representatives were key links for the process that involved family physicians and office staff at a local clinic on a rural reserve. Participation rate for the pilot program was 48%, resulting in an increase of 15% over the previously recorded screening rate for this population. More screening clinics of this type and evaluation for sustainability are proposed. |
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Pap screening clinics with native women in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. Need for innovation. |
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