title: An inpatient cervical cancer screening program to reach underserved women.
abstract: Underserved women (e.g., African American, older women of all races) are less likely to be screened than other groups. The Johns Hopkins Hospital began the Cervical Cancer Screening Program (CCSP) to provide direct Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening to inpatient females. Over a 1-year period, 256 women received Pap tests as part of the CCSP. Of these, 56% (n = 144) were African American, 36% (n = 92) received medical assistance benefits, and only 47% (n = 120) had health insurance. The CCSP is an effective way to screen low-income and underserved females who otherwise may not be screened.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klemm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015142:Baltimore; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration