The Association of Pap Smear, Health Screening Testsand Health Promotion Activities.

Park, Jung Don; Kim, Seok Beom

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 40(3); 1997 > Article

Original Article

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1997;40(3):566-571.
Published online January 1, 2001.

The Association of Pap Smear, Health Screening Testsand Health Promotion Activities.

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Catholic University ofTaegu-Hyosung, Korea.
²Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, college of Medicine, Yeungnam University,Taegu, Korea.

Abstract

A survey with self-administered questionnaire method to examine the association of Pap Smear health screening tests and health promotion activities for 500 women who visited OPD of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The compliance of pap smear of the rich, married, house wife and self employed women was higher than others. Women who received Pap smears were significantly more likely to receive breast examiniations, mammograms, gastrofibroscopy and regular blood pressure check-up. The Pap smear was associated with health promotion activities such as own private physician, no cooling beverage intake, milk intake and heptitis B vaccination. In conclusion, health care providers may use the Pap smear as a marker of whether a woman has received screening for several other medical problems. Thus, the Pap smear can be considered a "sentinel" test for health screening in women.