Vaginal Smears - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Pap smear knowledge among young women following the introduction of the HPV vaccine.

30 Jul 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVE: Investigate sexually active young women's knowledge of the term Pap smear since development of the HPV vaccine. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study conducted January-May 2007. SETTING: University health services clinic at a university in ... Read more...

[Women's opinions regarding gynaecological examination in a hospital]

29 Jun 2009 A visit to the gynaecologist is connected with considerable embarrassment and stress for most women. AIM OF THE RESEARCH: To ascertain patients' opinions about gynaecological examination, frequency of visits, and doctors' attitudes towards patients. ... Read more...

Mothers' intention for their daughters and themselves to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine: a national study of nurses.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to examine mothers' intention to vaccinate their daughters and themselves against human papillomavirus and to determine which demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal factors were associated with intention to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vaginal Smears - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pap smear knowledge among young women following the introduction of the HPV vaccine. 30 Jul 2009
• [Women's opinions regarding gynaecological examination in a hospital] 29 Jun 2009
• Mothers' intention for their daughters and themselves to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine: a national study of nurses. 30 May 2009
• Women's initial experience of abnormal papanicolaou smear. 4 Apr 2009
• A decision theory perspective on why women do or do not decide to have cancer screening: systematic review. Apr 2009
• Cervical cancer screening among college students in ghana: knowledge and health beliefs. 30 Mar 2009
• Decisions about Pap tests: what influences women and providers? 28 Mar 2009
• Development and validation of a cervical cancer screening self-efficacy scale for low-income Mexican American women. Mar 2009
• Do perceptions of vulnerability and worry mediate the effects of a smoking cessation intervention for women attending for a routine cervical smear test? An experimental study. 27 Feb 2009
• Language use and the receipt of cancer screening recommendations by immigrant Chinese American women. 30 Jan 2009
• Cervical cancer attitudes and beliefs-a Cape Town community responds on World Cancer Day. 30 Dec 2008
• Patient perception of cervical screening among women living with human immuno-deficiency virus infection attending an antiretroviral therapy clinic in urban South Africa. 30 Dec 2008
• Cervical cancer screening with liquid cytology in women with developmental disabilities. 30 Dec 2008
• From 'silent' to 'heard': professional mediation, manipulation and women's experiences of their body after an abnormal Pap smear. 8 Dec 2008
• Knowledge, attitudes, and practice related to cervical cancer screening among Kuwaiti women. 2 Dec 2008
• A prospective descriptive study of women attending a colposcopy clinic. 29 Nov 2008
• Discussions about self-obtained samples for HPV testing as an alternative for cervical cancer prevention. 29 Nov 2008
• Anticipated shame and worry following an abnormal Pap test result: the impact of information about HPV. 12 Nov 2008
• The uptake of cervical cancer screening by renal transplant recipients. 21 Oct 2008
• [Uterine cervix smears: their strengths and weaknesses in 2008] 14 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Vaginal Smears'

Definition: Collection of pooled secretions of the posterior vaginal fornix for cytologic examination.

Descriptor UI: D014626

Alternative terms: Vaginal Smears; Smear, Vaginal; Smears, Vaginal; Vaginal Smear; Papanicolaou Test; Test, Papanicolaou; Papanicolaou Smear; Smear, Papanicolaou; Cervical Smears; Cervical Smear; Smear, Cervical; Smears, Cervical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.378.900; E01.450.230.900; E01.450.865.900;

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; note X ref CERVICAL SMEARS: do not coord with CERVIX UTERI; X ref PAPANICOLAOU SMEAR: when called Pap smears, capitalize Pap in titles & translations