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dc.contributor.authorElkind, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorEardley, Anne
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Alwyn
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T08:35:25Z
dc.date.available2010-08-17T08:35:25Z
dc.date.issued1990-10-20
dc.identifier.citationHow district health authorities organise cervical screening. 1990, 301 (6757):915-8 BMJen
dc.identifier.issn0959-8138
dc.identifier.pmid2261539
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmj.301.6757.915
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10541/109696
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To examine how district health authorities organised cervical screening with respect to Department of Health guidelines and to determine their assessment of the problems encountered. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire sent to all 190 district health authorities in England in 1989. PARTICIPANTS: 190 District health authorities in England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Population coverage of screening, quality of smear testing, and follow up of abdominal test results in comparison with national guidelines for district cervical screening services, and problems encountered by districts. RESULTS: Replies were received from 178 (94%) of districts, in 143 of which the person named as responsible for cervical screening contributed. All districts implemented a computer managed scheme, 150 by the target date of 31 March 1988, but not all of these conformed with the guidelines. At the time of the survey only just over half called women in the target age group of 20-64 and only 70% expected to meet the target date of 13 March 1993 for completing the call. Considerable variation was evident among the schemes with regard to how they dealt with issues related to population coverage, quality of testing, and follow up of abnormal results. The problems most commonly identified by the districts (n = 174) were laboratory workload (107, 61%), computer software (104, 60%), availability of resources (78, 45%), non-attendance (77, 44%), rate of opportunistic screening (62, 36%), and investigation and treatment (60, 34%). CONCLUSIONS: Current practice in running cervical screening schemes needs to be examined to determine the extent to which it contributes to the goal of reducing mortality from cervical cancer.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectUterine Cervical Cancer
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshCommunication
dc.subject.meshEngland
dc.subject.meshFamily Practice
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshManagement Information Systems
dc.subject.meshMass Screening
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshNational Health Programs
dc.subject.meshQuality of Health Care
dc.subject.meshState Medicine
dc.subject.meshUterine Cervical Neoplasms
dc.subject.meshVaginal Smears
dc.titleHow district health authorities organise cervical screening.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Epidemiology and Social Oncology, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester.en
dc.identifier.journalBMJen
html.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To examine how district health authorities organised cervical screening with respect to Department of Health guidelines and to determine their assessment of the problems encountered. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire sent to all 190 district health authorities in England in 1989. PARTICIPANTS: 190 District health authorities in England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Population coverage of screening, quality of smear testing, and follow up of abdominal test results in comparison with national guidelines for district cervical screening services, and problems encountered by districts. RESULTS: Replies were received from 178 (94%) of districts, in 143 of which the person named as responsible for cervical screening contributed. All districts implemented a computer managed scheme, 150 by the target date of 31 March 1988, but not all of these conformed with the guidelines. At the time of the survey only just over half called women in the target age group of 20-64 and only 70% expected to meet the target date of 13 March 1993 for completing the call. Considerable variation was evident among the schemes with regard to how they dealt with issues related to population coverage, quality of testing, and follow up of abnormal results. The problems most commonly identified by the districts (n = 174) were laboratory workload (107, 61%), computer software (104, 60%), availability of resources (78, 45%), non-attendance (77, 44%), rate of opportunistic screening (62, 36%), and investigation and treatment (60, 34%). CONCLUSIONS: Current practice in running cervical screening schemes needs to be examined to determine the extent to which it contributes to the goal of reducing mortality from cervical cancer.


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