Cervical Cancer

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This paper discusses the issue of cervical cancer. The paper contends that information about cervical cancer must be conveyed to women in order to get them to understand and act upon the importance of cervical cancer screening on an annual basis. The paper explains that no vaccines, technology or scientific breakthroughs can be effective if the target population is not aware of the potential risk and seeks medical attention for early detection, vaccine or treatment. Therefore, the paper claims that the most important service that public health officials can provide for at-risk women, is to make them aware of the problem, tell them where to go for medical screening and if possible, provide them with the necessary medical treatment if they are found to have the disease.

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"Cervical cancer is a very large public health problem. It is the third most prevalent gynecological cancer that especially threatens women who are over 30 years old and who have children (Grohs et al, 1994, p. 97). Cervical cancer is a problem for this target population, and as a result, illness in these females impacts the community because of their loss of work time, their inability to perform their occupations, and their inability to care for their families. The financial burden of cervical cancer also impacts the family, the community, and the United States as a whole because this disease is associated with high health costs. Poor women or those without insurance use tax dollars to finance their treatment via county hospitals, Medicare, or Medicaid. If there is no public health program that will give the a woman treatment, if she has no insurance, or if she cannot pay for her treatment, then it is most likely that she will die as a result of the advance of the disease. "

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