Final Project: Cervical Cancer Screening and Women's Health

This project examines cervical cancer screening behaviors among women aged 21-65. The project highlights the declining rates of cervical cancer screenings due to changes in screening recommendations, lack of insurance after age 26, misconceptions about HPV screening, and the belief that family history dictates cancer risk. The project explores the barriers to screening, including the stigma and embarrassment associated with the process, and the belief that they do not need a pap smear if they have HPV screening. It references research data indicating that women often skip screenings, and the project offers insights into the behaviors and factors influencing these decisions. The project aims to understand and address the factors contributing to this health issue and the importance of regular screening. The project utilizes APA guidelines for citations and references.

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This project selects the population of women belonging to the age group of 21 – 65. According
to the research data women of this age group have the tendency to skip the screening test for
cervical cancer (Bennett et al., 2018). One in three of women has reported of not attending the
screening session of cervical cancer due to the stigma and the embarrassment. As per the
research data, embarrassment regarding the shape of a body among women of this age group
tend to be a barrier towards their attendance to the screening of cervical cancer. The situation
furthermore highlights the absence of understanding regarding the essentiality of screening
among the women who believed that screening does not reduces their risk of cancer. Though
there has been no issues related to the access of healthcare, women after the age group of 26 tend
to remain un- insured of their parents insurance and thus skip the screening sessions of cervical
cancer which are some of the essential preventive services (Migala, 2019).
This assignment has selected this population with this particular health issue since majority of
women tends to avoid this essential health care services due to the misconception of the lack of
symptoms as well as stigma and embarrassment. Some of the most common behaviour related to
this health issue includes the active declination by the women towards the screening specifically
due to low personal relevance and this interest towards the perceived screening of cervical
cancer. Also, women tends to believe that doing HPV screening will not require any pap smear
and that they cannot et this health challenge in case of non existence of it in family history.

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Reference
Bennett, K. F., Waller, J., Chorley, A. J., Ferrer, R. A., Haddrell, J. B., & Marlow, L. A. (2018).
Barriers to cervical screening and interest in self-sampling among women who actively
decline screening. Journal of medical screening, 25(4), 211-217.
Migala, J. (2019). Young Women Are Skipping Cervical Cancer Screenings. What's Going On?.
Health.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020, from
https://www.health.com/condition/hpv/cervical-cancer-screening-low.

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