Colposcopy

It is estimated that 12,990 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, and 4,120 of those women will die from the disease. Once one of the leading ca...uses of death for American women, increased cervical cancer screening has reduced the death rate from the disease by more than 50%; cervical cancer is currently one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Regularly administered pap tests are the first step in the screening process, with abnormal pap results signaling a need for more frequent pap tests and/or additional screening in the form of colposcopy services which are a critical step in identifying cancerous or precancerous cell abnormalities. A 2016 study by Miles-Richardson et al. used surveys to explore the factors associated with adherence and nonadherence to colposcopy recommendations. The authors concluded that the following factors are associated with non-adherence: non-white race/ethnicity, lower levels of education, lower self-reported health status, higher likelihood of being on Medicaid or no insurance, higher depression scores, and lower scores on test of knowledge of HPV; the authors recommend that future research on this topic explore psychosocial factors associated with adherence and nonadherence to colposcopy recommendations. This study will explore barriers, facilitators, and cultural considerations associated with adherence to colposcopy recommendations following an abnormal pap by conducting focus groups with patients from Planned Parenthood-Milwaukee and the Waukesha Family Practice Clinic. This qualitative research Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Seed Grant Program: Cancer Focus Cover Page study will explore the topic using the Social Ecological Model, a framework which examines health behavior at multiple bands of influence. The research team is composed of experts in community programming, researchers skilled in communityengaged research, and clinicians in a family practice clinic.This poster describes results from a project partnered between the Medical College of Wisconsin and Planned Parenthood. the project title is Improving adherence to colposcopy referral: Results from interviews with colposcopy adherers and non-adherers. Through this partnership, one on one interviews were collected to identify barriers and facilitators to colposcopy. Read More Show Less

It is estimated that 12,990 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, and 4,120 of those women will die from the disease. Once one of the leading ca...uses of death for American women, increased cervical cancer screening has reduced the death rate from the disease by more than 50%; cervical cancer is currently one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Regularly administered pap tests are the first step in the screening process, with abnormal pap results signaling a need for more frequent pap tests and/or additional screening in the form of colposcopy services which are a critical step in identifying cancerous or precancerous cell abnormalities. A 2016 study by Miles-Richardson et al. used surveys to explore the factors associated with adherence and non-adherence to colposcopy recommendations. The authors concluded that the following factors are associated with non-adherence: non-white race/ethnicity, lower levels of education, lower self-reported health status, higher likelihood of being on Medicaid or no insurance, higher depression scores, and lower scores on test of knowledge of HPV; the authors recommend that future research on this topic explore psychosocial factors associated with adherence and non-adherence to colposcopy recommendations. This study will explore barriers, facilitators, and cultural considerations associated with adherence to colposcopy recommendations following an abnormal pap by conducting focus groups with patients from Planned Parenthood-Milwaukee and the Waukesha Family Practice Clinic. This qualitative research study will explore the topic using the Social Ecological Model, a framework which examines health behavior at multiple bands of influence. The research team is composed of experts in community programming, researchers skilled in community-engaged research, and clinicians in a family practice clinic. Read More Show Less

It is estimated that 12,990 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, and 4,120 of those women will die from the disease. Once one of the leading ca...uses of death for American women, increased cervical cancer screening has reduced the death rate from the disease by more than 50%; cervical cancer is currently one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Regularly administered pap tests are the first step in the screening process, with abnormal pap results signaling a need for more frequent pap tests and/or additional screening in the form of colposcopy services which are a critical step in identifying cancerous or precancerous cell abnormalities. A 2016 study by Miles-Richardson et al. used surveys to explore the factors associated with adherence and nonadherence to colposcopy recommendations. The authors concluded that the following factors are associated with non-adherence: non-white race/ethnicity, lower levels of education, lower self-reported health status, higher likelihood of being on Medicaid or no insurance, higher depression scores, and lower scores on test of knowledge of HPV; the authors recommend that future research on this topic explore psychosocial factors associated with adherence and nonadherence to colposcopy recommendations. This study will explore barriers, facilitators, and cultural considerations associated with adherence to colposcopy recommendations following an abnormal pap by conducting focus groups with patients from Planned Parenthood-Milwaukee and the Waukesha Family Practice Clinic. This qualitative research study will explore the topic using the Social Ecological Model, a framework which examines health behavior at multiple bands of influence. The research team is composed of experts in community programming, researchers skilled in community engaged research, and clinicians in a family practice clinic.This study will explore the topic using the Social Ecological Model, a framework which examines health behavior at multiple bands of influence. The research team is composed of experts in community programming, researchers skilled in community engaged research, and clinicians in a family practice clinic.Through this partnership, one on one interviews were collected to identify barriers and facilitators to colposcopy. This interview guide was used to identify barriers and facilitators to Colposcopy. Read More Show Less

It is estimated that 12,990 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, and 4,120 of those women will die from the disease. Once one of the leading ca...uses of death for American women, increased cervical cancer screening has reduced the death rate from the disease by more than 50%; cervical cancer is currently one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Regularly administered pap tests are the first step in the screening process, with abnormal pap results signaling a need for more frequent pap tests and/or additional screening in the form of colposcopy services which are a critical step in identifying cancerous or precancerous cell abnormalities. A 2016 study by Miles-Richardson et al. used surveys to explore the factors associated with adherence and non-adherence to colposcopy recommendations. The authors concluded that the following factors are associated with non-adherence: non-white race/ethnicity, lower levels of education, lower self-reported health status, higher likelihood of being on Medicaid or no insurance, higher depression scores, and lower scores on test of knowledge of HPV; the authors recommend that future research on this topic explore psycho-social factors associated with adherence and nonadherence to colposcopy recommendations. This study will explore barriers, facilitators, and cultural considerations associated with adherence to colposcopy recommendations following an abnormal pap by conducting focus groups with patients from Planned Parenthood-Milwaukee and the Waukesha Family Practice Clinic. This qualitative research study will explore the topic using the Social Ecological Model, a framework which examines health behavior at multiple bands of influence. The research team is composed of experts in community programming, researchers skilled in community-engaged research, and clinicians in a family practice clinic. This participant background questionnaire serves as a data collection tool to collect demographic information of participants. Read More Show Less