AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Dec 28, 2006
February 2007, Vol 97, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 201-202
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.104638
SUBA RESPONDS
Eric J. Suba, MD
The author is with the Viet/American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project, San Francisco, Calif, and with Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Eric J. Suba, 1200 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (e-mail: eric.suba@kp.org).
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The participants of the Viet/American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project have agreed that research on novel screening approaches in certain low-resource settings may be appropriate, provided that such research is conducted subordinate to, not instead of, the development of Papanicolaou (Pap) screening services in the same settings.1 Opportunity costs, borne by the underserved, are associated with prioritizing research on novel health interventions in any setting where established interventions are feasible but unavailable.2 The debate to which Sherris et al. appropriately refer Journal readers3,4 may be considered part of a larger debate, articulated bluntly by President Jimmy Carter, over whether the Bill . . . [Full Text]
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