Increasing women's participation in Pap smear screening in Australia--how can we tell if the national policy is effective?
A national policy on the prevention of cervical cancer was launched in 1991. The success of the policy should be judged in terms of the extent that appropriate screening of the 'at risk' population is achieved by the screening program and the degree of reduction of differential screening rates between population groups. The relative cost-effectiveness of the various recruitment strategies chosen to meet the policy's objectives should also be evaluated. A necessary prerequisite for evaluation of the policy is the availability of data about the population screened.
Shelley
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Key Centre for Women's Health, Melbourne University.
Street
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012042:Registries; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data