Resources
You can provide these resources to patients to help them before, during and post screening. See the full resource library.
Before screening appointment
- Fact sheet explaining self-collection and the Cervical Screening Test
- Video explaining the Cervical Screening Test
During screening appointment
- Instructional video on how to take a Cervical Screening Test sample
- Visual guide on how to collect your own vaginal sample for a Cervical Screening Test
Post screening appointment
Barriers
There are general barriers that people face in participating in cervical screening. Older patients can face extra barriers relating to:
- pain and discomfort associated with speculum insertion
- misconceptions that people who have been in a monogamous relationship for many years or no longer have a partner, do not require cervical screening.
- misconceptions that if you have reached this age and never had a screen that there is no need to have one now
- misconceptions that people who are no longer sexually active do not require cervical screening
- misconceptions that people who have had a hysterectomy do not require cervical screening.
Strategies to engage
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Explain that HPV may lay dormant |
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Determine type and reason for hysterectomies |
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Making the Cervical Screening Test more comfortable |
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Choice of cervical screening collection method |
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