R E Martin1. 1. Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia. remartin@interchange.ubc.ca
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To review a 1995 Pap smear screening program at Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women (BCCW). METHOD: 129 inmates (15%), were screened in BCCW in 1995. General population data were obtained from the British Columbia Cervical Cytology Screening Program (BC CCSP) Registry. RESULTS: BCCW inmates aged 25-29 years were 11 times more likely to have high grade cytologic abnormalities on Pap smear screening compared with age-matched general population (p < 10(-10). In the 20-34 year age group, 47% of BCCW inmates had received at least one Pap smear in 1992-1994, compared with 87% of the general population (p < 0.001). There was no relationship between Pap smear results and BCCW inmate ethnicity (p = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS: Prison inmates presented with more severe abnormalities on Pap smear screening at a younger age, and had received Pap smear screening less frequently, compared with the general population.
OBJECTIVE: To review a 1995 Pap smear screening program at Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women (BCCW). METHOD: 129 inmates (15%), were screened in BCCW in 1995. General population data were obtained from the British Columbia Cervical Cytology Screening Program (BC CCSP) Registry. RESULTS: BCCW inmates aged 25-29 years were 11 times more likely to have high grade cytologic abnormalities on Pap smear screening compared with age-matched general population (p < 10(-10). In the 20-34 year age group, 47% of BCCW inmates had received at least one Pap smear in 1992-1994, compared with 87% of the general population (p < 0.001). There was no relationship between Pap smear results and BCCW inmate ethnicity (p = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS: Prison inmates presented with more severe abnormalities on Pap smear screening at a younger age, and had received Pap smear screening less frequently, compared with the general population.
Authors: Ingrid A Binswanger; Mary C White; Eliseo J Pérez-Stable; Joe Goldenson; Jacqueline Peterson Tulsky Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2005-10 Impact factor: 9.308