A nurse is promoting routine papanicolaou tests to young adult women at a community based preventative care health fair. a pap test is within whick level of preventative care

A pap test is a screening test that can detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells and processes in an important part of the female reproductive system, the cervix. It is at the secondary level of preventative care, because it screens asymptomatic individuals to detect as soon as possible a serious disease.