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At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer Using a Single-Visit Approach

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Juliana is a 55-year-old woman who lives in a small village in El Salvador near the Honduran border, a 7-h bus ride from the nearest city. Despite only having a fourth-grade education and surviving on around 1USD per day, she has become a leader among women in her community, advising them about childbirth, hygiene, and nutrition.

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  1. Obstetrics and Gynecology, PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3100 Tongass Ave, Ketchikan, AK, 99901, USA

    Deborah Landis Lewis

  2. Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Miriam Cremer

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  1. Dept. of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director of Global Health, Fifth Avenue 1176, New York, 10029, New York, USA

    Taraneh Shirazian

  2. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dept. of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences, Fifth Avenue 1176, New York, 10029, New York, USA

    Erin Gertz

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Lewis, D.L., Cremer, M. (2013). At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer Using a Single-Visit Approach. In: Shirazian, T., Gertz, E. (eds) Around the Globe for Women's Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8258-2_7

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