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Pap Screening & HPV Testing
What Women Should Know About HPV and Cervical Health
American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
An excellent resource making the connection between HPV and Cervical Cancer. An emphasis on screening is made throughout the piece. Additional resources are available through multiple links by topic.
What Women Should Know Before They Get a Pap and HPV Test
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A concise information sheet for patients.
Pap Tests : A Healthy Habit for You / Pap Tests for Older Women: A Healthy Habit for You
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
These National Cancer Institute brochures address Pap tests and Pap tests for older women. The format is bi-fold and tri-fold, respectively. Both answer ten commonly asked question related to getting a Pap test, and many of these questions are the same in both brochures. However, questions found only in the brochure targeting older women address issues such as when it is okay to stop getting a Pap test, whether or not Medicare helps pay for Pap tests, and whether a Pap test is still needed if a woman is no longer sexually active. Issues found only in the general brochure include HPV testing and what to expect during a pelvic exam.
Thinking About Testing for HPV?
American Cancer Society
This link provides information on the difference between a pap test and an HPV test, what to do if you find out you have HPV, how you get HPV and advice for talking with your partner.
HPV Testing - Is it For Me?
American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
This link informs the user – what is HPV, how is HPV spread, how would I know if I have HPV, what is a pap test, what is an HPV test, which test should I get: a HPV test or a pap test?
Making Sense of Your Pap and HPV Test Results (English & Spanish)
Centers for Diesese Control and Prevention
This CDC material can be printed as single pages or as a bi-fold booklet (4 pages), and is offered in both English and Spanish. It targets women who have been screened for cervical cancer with a Pap/HPV test. It is set up in a question and answer format, answering questions about cervical cancer, screening tests, HPV and how it can be contracted, and the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer prevention. Tables give explanations based on HPV and Pap test results. Some suggested questions for patients to ask their physicians are also provided, in addition to information on gaining access to free or low-cost cervical cancer screening and follow-up tests.
The Note to Older Women: Ask About Cervical Cancer Screening, Ask About HPV Testing Campaign
Women’s Health Task Force
One page introduction of the Ask About Cervical Cancer Screening, Ask About HPV Testing Campaign targeting older women. Includes tools for spreading the message to others.
HPV Testing for Women with a Cervical Screening Result of Borderline or Mild Dysplasia (English / Arabic)
NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
This patient information sheet covers what HPV is, how you get HPV, what happens if you have HPV, why and how you will be tested, etc.
Cervical Cancer Screening- What Vietnamese Women Should Know (Vietnamese)
National Cancer Institute
Complete and culturally appropriate patient information addressing the importance of cervical cancer screening. Document is in Vietnamese. |
