The materials listed below were developed by the 2002-2010 ASCCP Patient Education Committees and approved by the Board of Directors for use by patients.

This material is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to replace professional care. Please consult your health care provider with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your condition. The ASCCP National Office does not provide individual consultation on cases or diagnoses.

While you may download, print and distribute these materials freely to your patients, they are copyrighted materials and all rights are owned by ASCCP. Therefore, they may not be changed, edited or altered in any way.

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Patient Education Pamphlets currently available for download:

Produced by ASCCP

• Adolescents and HPV - What Young Women Should Know
• An Abnormal Pap Test
• Atypical Glandular Cells
• Bacterial Vaginosis
• Cervical Cryotherapy
• Colposcopy
• Cone Biopsy
• Endometrial Biopsy
• HIV / AIDS and Women: What You Need to Know
• HPV Testing – Is It for Me?
• HPV Vaccines
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• Loop Electro Excision Procedure (LEEP)
• Yeast Infections
• Sexuality and Pain: A Real Challenge
• Smoking and Cervical Cancer
• Treatment of Genital Warts
• Trichomonas
• What Women Should Know about HPV and Cervical Health*
  * Contributed by Dr. J. Thomas Cox, ASCCP President, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute

Produced by CDC

• Cervical Cancer Screening: What Vietnamese Women Should Know
  
• Cervical Cancer: What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
• HPV Vaccine Questions & Answers
• The Pap Test: Things to Know
• HPV Brochure for Alaska Native Women
• HPV Brochure for Native American Women

Spanish Pamphlets

• Cáncer cervical (cáncer del cuello del útero): cómo puede protegerse (produced by CDC)
• Conizacion por Asa Diatermica (LEEP)
• El Examen o Prueba de Papanicolaou
• El Virus del Papiloma Humano (VPH)
• La Colposcopia
• La Conizacion por Bisturi del Cervix
• La Crioterapia del Cervix

Vietnamese Pamphlets

• Cervical Cancer Screening: What Vietnamese Women Should Know (produced by CDC)

Cannot find the topic you need? Let ASCCP know of other topics of interest to you and your patients by sending an email to amason@asccp.org.

DES
ASCCP has collaborated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to inform health care providers of the continued health risks associated with diethylstilbestrol (DES). Information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/des/hcp/index.html.

Links to Additional Patient Information websites
For additional patient information websites on lower genital tract issues (eg. Cervix, vagina and vulva) visit the ASCCP links page or go to http://www.asccp.org/edu/links.shtml

The ASCCP Patient Education Pamphlets were developed by the Subcommittee on Patient Education whose members are listed below. Additionally, Drs. Ramon Cestero, Francisco Garcia, Fernando Guijon, Jose Jeronimo and Luis Padilla Paz provided the Spanish language translations.

Subcommittee on Patient Education:

• Christine Peterson, MD Co-Chair
• Nancy Berman, MSN, APRN, BC Co-Chair
• Ramon Cestero, MD CPI
• Mixon Darracott, MD
• Rebecca Dorris, ARNP
• Francisco A. R. Garcia, MD, MPH
• Michael Gold, MD
• Diane M. Harper, MD, MPH, MS
• Ann Holdredge, CNM, FNP
• Naomi Jay, PhD, RN, NP
• Jose Jeronimo, MD
• Lori E. Kamemoto, MD, MPH
• Rachel Krochmal, FNP
• Lusi Alfonso Padilla Paz, MD
• Candice Tedeschi, OGNP
• Lewis C. Thompson, MD
• Myra Young, NP
• L. Stewart Massad, MD, ex-officio