[Applying a cervical cancer control model in Soacha, Colombia].

Objective: Low-income countries, like Colombia, have recorded a low impact on mortality rates due to cervical cancer. This can be partially explained by the cancer control models and their approaches implemented so far. This study adopted a cancer control model designed by the National Cancer Institute (Instituto Nacional de Cancerología) based on interventions at three different levels and on using social strategies founded on a human rights' perspective.

[Control of cervical cancer in Colombia: the perspective of the health system].

Objectives: To characterize the health system stakeholder's perspective on the basics of the political, economic, and sanitary context, as well as the ways in which control activities are being realized in four of Colombia's health departments.

Methods: This was a qualitative study of four Colombian health departments chosen for their differing cervical cancer mortality rates and their planned disease control efforts (Boyacá, Caldas, Magdalena, and Tolima). Semistructured interviews were conducted of health care managers, insurance coordinators, and public and private health institutions at the departmental and municipals levels.

[Cervical cytology in Soacha, Colombia: social representation, barriers and motivation].

Objective: A social representation of the Pap smear is given in this article, as are the barriers against it and the motivation for practising it, aimed at adjusting preventative health services in a particular Colombian town.

Methods: A phenomenological, qualitative study was carried out, using focal groups and workshops for validating the results. A theoretical sample was designed to find differences according to age, heatlh system affiliation and dwelling place within the municipality in question.