Trial reportJournal of lower genital tract disease2016
A Randomized Trial of Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling as an Intervention to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women With HIV.
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- Global research trends and hotspots in human immunodeficiency virus-associated cervical cancer (1990-2025): a multi-database bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Screening for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer: systematic reviews to inform an update to recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Does self-sampling for human papilloma virus testing have the potential to increase cervical cancer screening? An updated meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized clinical trials.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2019Pooled it
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- Community-based health literacy focused intervention for cervical cancer control among Black women living with human immunodeficiency virus: A randomized pilot trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Trial
- A global scoping review of interventions to increase participation in screening programmes for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer between 2016 and 2025.BMC public health · 2026Article
- HPV-Driven Cervical Carcinogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms and Diagnostic Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- HPV knowledge, screening barriers and facilitators, and sources of health information among women living with HIV: perspectives from the DC community during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Cervical Cancer Prevention and High-Risk HPV Self-Sampling Awareness and Acceptability among Women Living with HIV: A Qualitative Investigation from the Patients' and Providers' Perspectives.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Acceptability of Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Living With HIV and HIV-Negative Women in Limbé, Cameroon.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2020Article
- Acceptability and ease of use of mailed HPV self-collection among infrequently screened women in North Carolina.Sexually transmitted infections · 2018Article
- Knowledge of HPV/cervical cancer and acceptability of HPV self-sampling among women living with HIV: A scoping review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2018Article
- Mailed Human Papillomavirus Self-Collection With Papanicolaou Test Referral for Infrequently Screened Women in the United States.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2018Article
- A review of screening strategies for cervical cancer in human immunodeficiency virus-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of women's health · 2017Review
- Human Papillomavirus DNA Self-Testing to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Practices Among WLHIV: Revisiting the Evidence.Journal of lower genital tract disease · 2016Article
- Self-Sampling as an Intervention to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women With HIV.Journal of lower genital tract disease · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveWomen living with HIV experience higher risk of cervical cancer, but screening rates in the United States are lower than recommended. The purpose of this study was to examine whether an intervention using self-sampling of cervicovaginal cells for human papillomavirus (HPV) with results counseling would increase cervical cytology ("Pap") testing among women with HIV. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis was a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of an intervention of self-sampling for HPV and results counseling. Participants were 94 women older than 18 years, with HIV infection, attending an HIV clinic for a primary care visit, whose last cervical cancer screening was 18 months or more before baseline. Women were assigned to the intervention or information-only group. The primary outcome was completion of cervical cytology testing within 6 months of baseline. The secondary outcome was the women's perceived threat of developing cervical cancer.
resultsA total of 94 women were enrolled and analyzed in the study. The cytology completion rate overall was 35% by 6 months from baseline. There were no differences in comparing HPV-positive with HPV-negative women nor comparing them with the information-only group. In the intervention group, a positive HPV test increased perceived threat of cervical cancer.
conclusionsThe intervention did not improve cytology test attendance, although education about HPV and cervical cancer risk as part of study procedures was associated with testing for 35% of this group of women whose previous cytology occurred an average of 3.6 years before the baseline appointment. Self-sampling for HPV testing was feasible.
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