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Resources

Some resources are available in HTML and in Adobe PDF for downloading. (*Available in Braille)

Pamphlets & booklets: For Women | For Health Workers | For Doctors | Non-English information

Videos, DVDs & books for loan: Videos | DVDs | Books

To order printed resources (including non-English information) download our Resource Order Form
and fax or mail your order (details on form).

To download information in other languages click National Cervical Screening Campaign.

SACSP home | Contact details | Public Health SA home

 

FOR WOMEN

Early Detection is the Best Protection pamphlet Early Detection is the Best Protection
Promotes the benefits of two yearly Pap smears. Discusses commonly asked questions and identifies some of the barriers women experience in having Pap smears.
Have a Pap smear every two years Have a Pap smear every two years*
Provides clear information about the importance of Pap smears every two years.

The link between Cervical Cancer and HPV booklet The link between Cervical Cancer and HPV
About the human papillomavirus (HPV) outlining the key facts about the virus, how the body usually clears HPV, the importance of Pap smears to identify cell changes and the link to cervical cancer.
Remember your next Pap smear Remember your next Pap smear* Information about the reminder system, how results get onto a central system and how it helps to ensure all registered women continue to have two-yearly Pap smears.
Pap smear Back-up Record System Pap smear Back-up Record System
For women and practitioners about the Back-up Record System for Pap smears. This is a confidential record of Pap smears and biopsies for women in South Australia.
An Abnormal Pap smear Result : What this means for you
Quick guide to understanding abnormal Pap smear results, the human papillomavirus (HPV) and questions to ask your health care provider.
Women with disabilities need Pap smears too! Women with disabilities need Pap smears too!
Pamphlet discusses Pap smears and how they are done. Offers hints on questions to ask when making an appointment and also lists locations that have adjustable beds.
Do Lesbians need Pap smears?
Information about Pap smears, the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer, how lesbians can contract HPV and the importance of two yearly Pap smears.

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FOR HEALTH WORKERS

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A4 poster

Have a Pap smear every two years A4 poster

Bookmark

SA Cervix Screening Program bookmark

Reminder card

SA Cervix Screening Program reminder card

Don't just sit there sticker and A3 poster

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Postcard-size stickers and A3 poster

FOR DOCTORS

Cervical Screening Essentials booklet Cervical Screening Essentials
Information kit provides summary of key changes in the revised NHMRC guidelines, Management summary, guide to improving participation and questions and answers.
Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities 2005 booklet Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities 2005
Complete revised NHMRC Screening guide. Available from the National Cervical Screening Program Publications and Resources.
Tear off reminder pads - Information sheets to give women about the reminder service Tear off reminder pads
Information sheets to give women about the reminder service.

Pap smear Back-up Record System Resources for Practitioners Pap smear Back-up Record System Resources for Practitioners.

Includes ‘What to do with Reminder Letters’, A4 Poster, Tear Off Information Pads, Pamphlets for GPs and women on Back-up Record System.

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  • A4 Fact sheet: The incidence of Cervical Cancer in South Australia by Country of Birth.

  • Case note stickers (250 per box)
    - Is a Pap smear due?
    - This woman may need a Pap. smear

  • A4 laminated Cervix Sampling Card.

NON-ENGLISH INFORMATION To download information in other languages click National Cervical Screening Campaign.

When did you last have a Pap Smear? image When did you last have a Pap Smear?

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Remember your next Pap smear Non-English pamphlets Remember your next Pap smear* Information about the reminder system, how results get onto a central system and how it helps to ensure all registered women continue to have two-yearly Pap smears.

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SA Cervix Screening Program
Department of Health
Norwich Centre
55 King William Road
North Adelaide SA 5006
Email: cervixscreening@health.sa.gov.au
Web: www.cervixscreening.sa.gov.au
Telephone: (08) 8226-8181
Country callers telephone: 13 15 56
Facsimile: (08) 8226-8190
Postal address: PO Box 480,
North Adelaide, SA 5006

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