ArticleWomen's health (London, England)
The experience of under-screened and never-screened participants using clinician-supported self-collection cervical screening within the Australian National Cervical Screening Program.
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- How would Australian women and people with a cervix like to access self-collection for cervical screening? Screening preferences from a national survey.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Accuracy of Self-Reported Cervical Screening Status Among Pregnant Women.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
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- Moroccan and Pakistani women's knowledge and perceptions on cervical cancer screening and HPV self-sampling acceptability in Catalonia, Spain: a mixed-methods study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Acceptability of Self-Sampling for Cervical Screening in Ethnically Diverse Groups in Northwest England: A Focus Group Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Practitioners support and intention to adopt universal access to self-collection in Australia's National Cervical Screening Program.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- The acceptability of, and informational needs related to, self-collection cervical screening among women of Indian descent living in Victoria, Australia: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Cervical screening participation and access facilitators and barriers for people with intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- The early impacts of primary HPV cervical screening implementation in Australia on the pathology sector: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- 'I'm a bit of a champion for it actually': qualitative insights into practitioner-supported self-collection cervical screening among early adopting Victorian practitioners in Australia.Primary health care research & development · 2023Article
- Cancer survival differentials for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland: the impact of remoteness.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2023Article
- Self-Collection Cervical Screening in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Scoping Review of Implementation Evidence.JCO global oncology · 2023Article
- Women's acceptability of a self-collect HPV same-day screen-and-treat program in a high burden setting in the Pacific.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAustralia has had significant successes in the prevention of cervical cancer. However, there is considerable scope for improving screening participation. In December 2017, Australia shifted from cytology to a human papillomavirus-based screening program as part of the renewed National Cervical Screening Program. This provided the opportunity to introduce a clinician-supported self-collection cervical screening pathway, which allows screening participants aged 30 years or more and who are under-screened or never-screened to screen via a self-collected human papillomavirus test.
objectiveThis study aimed to explore screening participant experiences of a clinician-supported self-collection cervical screening pathway.
methodsInterviews (n = 45) were conducted with participants who had used the clinician-supported self-collection cervical screening pathway in the Australian National Cervical Screening Program between December 2017 and April 2019. Interviews were analyzed using template analysis.
resultsUnder-screened and never-screened participants reported a variety of interrelated barriers to cervical screening due to the nature of the test. For these participants, self-collection was a preferable way to perform screening as it overcame various barriers, was easy to use and promoted a sense of empowerment. Participants reported that the role of their practitioner was influential in their decision to undertake cervical screening, and that the support and information provided was a key factor in their experiences of the self-collection pathway.
conclusionFindings support the use of a clinician-supported model of care, as an alternative screening modality in Australia's National Cervical Screening Program. As more countries consider the move from a cytology to human papillomavirus-based cervical screening program, this model may assist in greater engagement of under-screened participants.
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