WA Cervical Cancer Prevention
Program
About the WA Cervical Cytology Registry
(CCR)
About Health Promotion and Recruitment
Contact Information
Links
The WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Program (WACCPP) is jointly funded by the State and Commonwealth Governments. The WACCPP aims to reduce the incidence and mortality among WA women from cervical cancer and to increase awareness of this disease in the community. The WACCPP coordinates health promotion and recruitment strategies to increase the proportion of women who regularly undergo cervical screening, in accordance with the National Policy for Screening for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. In addition, the Program maintains the WA Cervical Cytology Registry (CCR) database, contributes to policy development and coordinates education and training for health professionals.
About the WA Cervical Cytology Registry (CCR)
The WA Cervical Cytology Registry (CCR) is part of the WACCPP. The CCR is a confidential computerised database of West Australian women’s Pap smear, cervical biopsy and HPV DNA results.
The CCR serves as a 'safety net' for all women by:
- sending a reminder letter if Pap smears or follow-ups are overdue
- keeping a confidential history of results
- facilitating the follow-up of abnormal results
- assisting in improving the care of women who have serious changes detected in their smears
The CCR provides, upon request, screening histories to laboratories and health care providers to help with the accurate reporting and follow-up of smears. In addition, the CCR also provides laboratories with quantitative data to assist with their quality assurance programs.
The CCR was established in 1992, becoming fully operational in late 1994, because of convincing evidence that an organised program is the most effective way to reduce cervical cancer. It is bound by the Health (Cervical Cytology Registry) Regulations (1991). Through its encouragement of women to have regular Pap smears, the CCR assists in maintaining and increasing the screening rate for women throughout the State. The CCR also helps to improve our understanding of cancer of the cervix and its treatment through its data collection. It also assists with monitoring and evaluation of the screening program through working collaboratively with the recruitment branch of the WACCPP and with a variety of other interested bodies statewide.
As part of the National Cervical Screening Program, the CCR generates statistical reports to enable national and global analysis of Western Australia's screening program and allows strategic planning of future targeted initiatives.
2003 WA Cervical Cytology Registry Annual Statistical Report
2002 WA Cervical Cytology Registry Annual Statistical Report
2001 WA Cervical Cytology Registry Annual Statistical Report
About Health Promotion
and Recruitment
The Health Promotion and Recruitment component of the WACCPP
focuses attention on the education and promotion of the
importance of participation in regular cervical screening
amongst all WA women aged 18 to 69 years. Health Promotion
and Recruitment coordinates and supports a range of rural
and metropolitan campaigns to facilitate women's participation,
with specially developed resources for Indigenous women,
young women, and women from culturally and linguistically
diverse backgrounds, as well as literature to assist women
to better understand their Pap smear results and explain
the importance of regular screening. Health Promotion and
Recruitment resources can be ordered via the resource
order form.
The Health Promotion and Recruitment section of this site
is currently under re-design, and considerably more information
will be added shortly.
CONTACT INFORMATION
| Location |
2nd Floor, Eastpoint Plaza
233 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
Western Australia 6000 |
| Postal Address |
As above |
| Phone (National) |
13 15 56 (cost of a local call) |
| Fax |
(08) 9323 6711 |
| Email |
cervicalcancer@health.wa.gov.au |
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