Athi Regender
Sandwell Health Care NHS Trust, Lyndon, West Bromwich, West Midlands.
Br J Community Nurs. 2002 Mar;7(3):127-31. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2002.7.3.12944.
This article discusses one of the dilemmas health visitors have in promoting the uptake of cervical smear testing. Should health visitors carry out the procedure in the home? In some areas of the country, following many campaigns and efforts the uptake of smear tests remains low whereas in other areas where women are well informed and educated, the uptake is much better. The aim of this article is to give an overview on what has been tried before as well as to discuss the contentious issue of what role the health visitors have in this area of practice.
本文讨论了健康访视员在促进子宫颈涂片检查普及方面面临的困境之一。健康访视员应该在家中进行这项检查吗？在该国的一些地区，经过多次宣传和努力，涂片检查的接受率仍然很低，而在其他一些女性信息灵通且受过教育的地区，接受率则要好得多。本文的目的是概述之前所尝试的方法，并讨论健康访视员在这一实践领域中所扮演角色这一有争议的问题。
