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Cervical screening: patients’ negative attitudes and experiences

19 July 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background This article explores the negative attitudes some women have towards the cervical screening programme. These attitudes could ultimately prevent them from...

Cervical cancer and the HPV vaccination

01 June 2008

Primary Health Care

Clinical

Worldwide cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women. About 500,000 women are diagnosed and 250,000 die from the disease per year, the...

E-learning in cervical screening techniques

01 June 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Since the National Service Framework for Cervical Screening (Welsh Office 1998) and Cervical Screening Wales (CSW) was established in 1999, there has been an all...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination: the impact on practice

13 November 2008

Primary Health Care

CPD

The introduction into the national immunisation schedule of the HPV vaccine will affect the workload of school nurses and practitioners working in primary care....

assessing the health screening choices of women with learning disabilities

01 November 2007

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The health needs of people with learning disabilities are best met through promoting access to sensitive and responsive mainstream services (Ager and Littler 1998)....

How can the uptake of cervical cytology screening be improved?

28 November 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Cervical cancer remains a killer, despite a screening programme designed to detect cases in the early stages of development. A number of factors appear to...

Cervical screening in an Orthodox Jewish community

21 March 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses the possible conflicts of interest in offering cervical screening to Orthodox Jewish women. Women in this community are at lower risk of...