Promoting Cervical Screening in your Community

How to use this resource

Parts or all of this resource can be used to deliver workshops to community groups, school groups or other health professionals. This resource is divided into seven sections. These are divided into three broad areas:

Health promotion (sections 1 and 2)
Clinical information (sections 3, 4, 5 and 6)
Resources (section 7)

Each section is specific to one topic. You can download individual sections as needed.

1. Health Promotion
Section 1 - Health promotion: defining and marketing
Offers a summary of health promotion and information on how to market health promotion to the mass media.

Section 2 - Planning, facilitating and evaluating
If you need to provide education/health promotion sessions this chapter contains steps to consider, facilitation tips and evaluation samples.

2. Clinical Information
Section 3 - Cancer in general
Provides information on cancer including types and treatments.

Section 4 - Cervical cancer
What it is, how it develops and what to look for.

Section 5 - Cervical screening
About Pap tests and understanding Pap test results.

Section 6 - Further investigations, treatments and new technologies
Gives information on possible follow-up investigations and further directions in cervical screening tests and vaccination.

3. Resources
Section 7 - Activities and frequently asked questions
Includes learning activities linked to the Health Promotion sections and information to answer some of the frequently asked questions about cervical cancer and cervical screening.