Pap smear Awareness Week

The ultimate goal of Pap Smear Awareness Week is to empower women to take care of their health which includes having regular Pap smears every two years. Pap smears save lives!

Pap Smear Awareness Week 2011 included many events and activities across the state to highlight the importance of two yearly Pap smears as the main way of preventing cervical cancer.

Some of these community events included:

• women’s health presentations with a local doctor or nurse
• pamper gifts offered to women when they have a Pap smear in May
• workplaces organising morning tea sessions with a local nurse
• general practice waiting rooms featuring Pap smear promotional information.

See the Event and Activity Highlights 2011 (PDF 1414KB) for a run down of the events held nearest to you. 

During the month of May trained nurses were more available in general practice and health centres to take Pap smears.

This year, there were a number of out-of-hours Pap smear clinics, including Saturday morning clinics and ‘twilight’ (evening) clinics, provided by a female practitioner or nurse.

If you would like more information about where to make an appointment for a Pap smear, please see the Where to get a pap smear page for a list of providers.