Cervical screening for women with physical disabilities
Hanlon, Erin
Date
2016-11Citation:
Hanlon, Erin P. (2016, November). Cervical screening for women with physical disabilities. Paper presented at Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Conference, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand.Permanent link to Research Bank record:
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3739Abstract
The National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) implemented NZ in 1990
Incidence of & deaths associated w cervical cancer has decreased ~ 40% and 60%
The NCSP records results in their centralised database (register) ~ NCSP-R
International evidence suggests:
Women w disabilities (WWD) are < likely to have regular screening.
WWD have lowest “compliance” rates
Why is this?