Women’s Health

Cervical Cancer Screening (Pap Smear)
The goal is to increase the rate of women age 21-64 receiving a Pap smear every year.

Chlamydia Screening in Women
The goal is to increase the rate of young women age 15-25 receiving an annual chlamydia screening test.

Provider Resources:

• Preventive Care Guideline, that includes a recommendation on cervical cancer screening (pap smear)
• Chlamydia Screening Toolkit (mailed to 2,100 practitioners in August 2004) containing the following elements:
• Cover letter
• USPSTF Screening for Chlamydial Infection Guideline
• American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy Statement Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis
• Availability of Urine Screenings for Chlamydia Laboratory Listing
• Chlamydia Fact Sheet 
• Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) STD Control Information for Clinical Providers
• Confidential Report for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Instructions (HEALTH)
• Summary of the 2002 CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Treatment Guidelines
• Peipert, J.  Genital Chlamydia Infections. New England Journal of Medicine 2003; 349: 2424-30

Results:

• Cervical Cancer Screening:
  HEDIS ^® 2003 results show that 82% of women 21-64 years old received one or more Pap tests during the three year period 2000 – 2002.  Neighborhood’s rate ranked above the NCQA Medicaid Accreditation’s 90th percentile.  Note this measure was rotated in HEDIS^® 2004.
• Chlamydia Screening in Women:
  HEDIS^® 2004 results show that 43% of women age 16 through 25 years, identified as sexually active, had at least one test for chlamydia during 2003.  Neighborhood’s rate ranked above the HEDIS^® 2003 National Medicaid 50th percentile in the ages 16-20 category and the 21-26 category.
  Contact Lisa Franchetti at 401-459-6092 for more information about Neighborhood’s Women’s Health program.

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