Field Photo Essay - Women & Healthcare
Located at PHRII, this women's clinic provides cervical screening, health check-ups, and information sessions for women and their families to reduce barriers of care.
This is the examination room where a cervical check up would occur. Due to stigma, women don't feel comfortable with pelvic examinations. There has been much more success with self-swabbing methods.
Visual Indications of possible cervical cancer for reference of employees and patient (at PHRII),
Advertisement banners advocating for cervical cancer check ups.
Example page of the Cervical Cancer Camp screening form.
Information session held for women at Cervical Screening camp about resources available to them.
Helping perform intake: collecting vitals, weight, height, and bodily measurments
Site of Pelvic examination at screening camp for women who seek evaluation
Location of Cervical Screening Camp in a rural village, helping promote access and information to populations it otherwise would not reach.
Lecture by Dr. Shanthi V about intersection of caste and gender and how they affect access to healthcare.
