Cervical Cancer (Screening)

Screening Lower in Women with Learning Disability

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 1999

Coverage in Britain's cervical screening program is markedly lower for women with learning disability than for the general female population, reported Dr. Ken Stein and Dr. Nick Allen from Southampton and South West Hants Health Authority in a recent issue of the British Medical Journey (BMJ).

In a survey undertaken in their region, the authors found that only 13 percent of women with learning disability, who were eligible for a smear test, had received one in the last five years, as opposed to 88 percent of women in the general population.

The authors said that their findings do not necessarily suggest an inequitable service, as little is known...

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