title: Can the coverage of screening for cancer of the cervix be improved using the Electoral Register? A pilot study.
abstract: We conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility using the Electoral Register to carry out a cervical cancer screening programme on a Health District basis. A random sample of 500 names and addresses were drawn from a computerised list of the Electoral Register from three Electoral Wards in Oxford. A pilot study showed that the Electoral Register could be used successfully in this way and that the proportion of women aged 35-64 years who had a cervical smear examination as a result of the screening initiative was increased by a quarter, from 64% to 79%. The numbers of women involved at each step of the screening process were determined, and these may provide a useful guide to others considering implementing similar schemes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012042:Registries; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears