CINAHL Search: vaccination for cervical cancer

CINAHL Search: “vaccination for cervical cancer” “AND” “United States”

Full Text Article Available:

Murphy, J. & Mark, H. (2012). Cervical Cancer Screening in the Era of Human

Papillomavirus Testing and Vaccination. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s

Health. 57 (6): 569-76.

Full Text Article Not Available

Saralya, M., Steben, M., Watson, M., Markowitz, L., (2013). Evolution of Cervical

Cancer Screening and Prevention in United States and Canada: Implications

for Public Health Practitioners and Clinicians. Preventive Medicine. 57(5):

426-33.

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CINAHL is a database that retrieves scholarly articles from academic

journals, magazine or dissertations based on the users search request. Use of an

academic database enables the user to obtain reliable data when doing a literature

review on a specific topic. Whether the topic is broad or clearly defined the search

engine will yield relevant data based on key search terms.

CINAHL is an excellent database to use for the creation of an educational

brochure. For example to create a brochure on vaccination to prevent cervical

cancer in the United States a general search is begun. Searing the phrase “

vaccination for cervical cancer” yielded 220 results from various publications. The

articles retrieved varied from the type of source and date of publication. The

resulted publications are sorted by relevance to the stated search phrase. In order to

obtain specific results you can choose limiting options such as source type,

publication date, age, gender or geography. Using these filters can find very specific

articles.

The results yielded from a general search listed many articles from others

countries. To create a brochure specific to the United States a narrower search must

be conducted. To specify a search utilization of the “and” “or” “not” options narrow

a topic resulted. The narrower topic of “ vaccination for cervical cancer” “AND”

“United States” yields 41 pertinent articles. These articles would then be reviewed

to create an education brochure.

Website: www.cdc.gov/std/hpc/stdfact-hpv-vaccine-young-women.htm

Website: http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/02/new-hpv-vaccine-is-effective-against-9-strains-of-the-virus/

Internet search engines provide quick access to any topic. Search

engines such as Google or Yahoo provide information from websites such as

government agencies, newspapers, private organizations and independent opinions.

An internet search engine can be a vital tool for something such as an education

brochure but it is important to asses the quality of data found.

Searching a topic such as “ vaccination to prevent cervical cancer in

the US” thousands of sources are provided. Each website must be assessed to insure

that data is accurate, this include validating accuracy of content, author of the

author, objectivity of the writer, currency of topic information as well. The primary

results from the search engine yielded information from the Center of disease

control as well as arstechnica, an internet newspaper.

The Center for Disease Control is a government agency with

reliable data. The article was written in 2012 as the current guidelines for childhood

vaccination to fight HPV cervical cancer. The website is not sponsored by and

companies and the information is objective based on scientific research. The CDC

HPV Vaccination Fact sheet provides the current recommendations from the United

States government regarding vaccination to prevent cervical cancers.

Arstechnica article on vaccination to prevent cervical cancer was

writer by a journalist. Arstechnica is a scientific based news source, sponsored by

many companies including GE and Nutella, but it allows public access to certain

articles. The website does offer and upgraded subscription for a fee which allows

access to more articles. The articles on vaccination to prevent cervical cancer the

information was obtained from sources after 2015 such as the Center For Disease

Control and New England Journal of Medicine. The information was relevant

including current statistics on vaccination status in the US as well as future

recommendations per the New England Journal of Medicine.

An education brochure should include current literature as well as

government recommendations for vaccination. The websites researched would be

appropriate to including in a brochure. Medical practitioners should provide care

the is current with the recommendations from the CDC for vaccination. An

educational brochure with data including from both websites would be informative

for patients so they can be active participants in their care.