Table 6. Source of information about the changes to the National Cervical Screening Program in Australia reported by practitioners in the pre- and post-renewal samples.

Source of information*	Pre-renewal (n = 160)	Post-renewal (n = 182)
Government communications including communications from NCSP, SACSR, SA Health	56; 35%	81; 45%
Medical media	57; 36%	82; 45%
Colleague	52; 33%	62; 34%
Professional bodies and networks (e.g. SHINE SA, NPS, RACGP, APNA, IRIS, SHA, VCS), attending talks, conferences, seminars, lectures	40; 25%	38; 21%
Journals	27; 17%	38; 21%
Website/online resources	9; 6%	4; 2%
Others (includes pathology labs and others not specified)	11; 7%	8; 4%

*Multiple responses allowed

NCSP = National Cervical Screening Program; SACSR = South Australian Cervical Screening Register; SA Health = South Australia Health

Medical media refers to Australia’s largest digital health media network; SHINE SA = Sexual Health Information Networking & Education South Australia; NPS = NPS MedicineWise; RACGP = Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; APNA = Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association; IRIS = sexual health education provider; SHA = Sexual Health Australia; VCS = VCS Foundation