Access to Colposcopy Services for High-risk Canadian Women: Can We Do Better?

Background: Despite overall decreasing mortality from cervical cancer, selected groups of Canadian women continue to have suboptimal access to diagnostic and treatment interventions for cervical cancer. In this paper, we present an evaluation of a colposcopy program developed to improve attendance for colposcopy in a lower socio-economic and immigrant population.Methods: All women attending the North Hamilton Community Health Centre (CHC) who …