Improving Attitudes and Beliefs of Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project.

Cervical cancer, one of the most common gynecological cancers in the United States, is highly preventable due to the papanicoloau (Pap) test with human papillomavirus (HPV) co-screening. However, there is increasing evidence of low adherence to screening guidelines by health care providers (HCP). The purpose of this study was to identify and improve health care providers' attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge of the most updated screening guidelines and to provide them with an evidence-based educational intervention to increase their confidence in the updated guidelines, improve their attitudes and beliefs, and screen their patients more appropriately.