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Cervical screening helps prevent cancer. It is important for everyone, including people with intellectual disabilities.
Cervical screening checks that your the lower part of the uterus that connects to the top of the vagina is healthy. The cervix is a body part at the bottom of the uterus. It connects the uterus and vagina.
You should have cervical screening if you:
- are a woman
- have a cervix
- are aged between 25 and 74
- have ever had sexual contact with anyone, like having sex or touching private parts.
Screen Me! explains who should have cervical screening and how to get it. It can help if you are worried about cervical screening, or don't know what to do.
The film was co-created by the Daffodil Centre, the Centre for Disability Studies and Bus Stop Films. Bus Stop Films makes films with, for and about people from diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Screen Me! is an example of health Co-design means working together with the people who will use services, information or resources to: For example, people with intellectual disability and health professionals could co-design a health resource. They could share ideas, experiences and feedback to make sure the resource is: .
This resource was made by
Bus Stop Films
Bus Stop Films is a pioneering, not-for-profit organisation that uses filmmaking to raise the profile of people living with disabilities.
Council for Intellectual Disability
A disability rights organisation led by people with intellectual disability.
Daffodil Centre
The Daffodil Centre is a research partnership between Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney.
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