Hi Nicole
Thank you for your comment!
I do not have evidence to support my opinion, but I think the education about the cancer screen will be widely accepted in the Libyan community. Women awareness about Pap smear test, treatability of cervical cancer and preventability of cervical cancer will improve utilization of Pap smear as a screening test . Therefore, the physicians should provide sufficient educational information about the befits of the Pap smear as the screening tool to the patients will be the first step to making a change.
I will give an example; there is considerably number of Libyan women in USA have good health insurance converge form the Libyan government , most of them ( I don’t want to say 100%) have their first pap smear when they came to USA because the physician here would ask when was the last pap smear . just one question will encourage those women to take the Pap smear. I don’t have evidence to support my opinion but If this is the case even if the same women live in Libya they will accept to have a cervical cancer screening test .
I agree with you about the fully benefit of the intervention would be reached with more frequent screening. also the age rage of the sexually active women at risk is around 20-60 years
Israa