• About Pap tests or Pap smears
• Who should have Pap tests or Pap smears?
• Vaccinated women
• Pregnant women
• Older women
• After hysterectomy
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
• Culturally and linguistically diverse women
• Women with disabilities
• Lesbians
• Victim/survivors of sexual assault
• The human papillomavirus (HPV)
• The cervical cancer vaccine
• Abnormal Pap test (or Pap smear) results and treatment
• Cervical cancer

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are up to five times more likely to die from cervical cancer than other women in Australia.

This suggests that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are less likely to have regular Pap tests than other women in Australia, potentially because of difficulties accessing Pap tests, or cultural barriers.

It is very important that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have ever been sexually active have Pap tests every two years between the ages of 18 and 70.

View resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women here.

 

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