ArticlePrimary health care research & development2023
'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.
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- Clinician and patient experiences with opportunistic offer of HPV self-testing in Aotearoa New Zealand primary care clinics: interview and survey findings.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Experiences of HPV self-collection among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and people with a cervix.PloS one · 2026Article
- Practitioners support and intention to adopt universal access to self-collection in Australia's National Cervical Screening Program.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Performance of BD Onclarity HPV assay on FLOQSwabs vaginal self-samples.Microbiology spectrum · 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
- "A Huge Gap": Health Care Provider Perspectives on Cancer Screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Northern Territory.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The early impacts of primary HPV cervical screening implementation in Australia on the pathology sector: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- General Practitioners' Needs and Preferences Regarding the Provision of Self-sampling Tests for Cervical Cancer Screening in Flanders, Belgium.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-collection for cervical screening has been available in the Australian National Cervical Screening Program since 2017 and is now available to all people as an option for cervical screening through a practitioner-supported model. Documenting early adopting practitioner experiences with self-collection as a mechanism to engage people in cervical screening is crucial to informing its continuing roll-out and implementation in other health systems.
aimThis study aimed to describe the experiences of practitioners in Victoria, Australia, who used human papillomavirus (HPV)-based self-collection cervical screening during the first 17 months of its availability.
methodsInterviews (
findingsPractitioners were overwhelmingly supportive of self-collection cervical screening because it was acceptable to their patients and addressed patients' barriers to screening. Practitioners perceived that knowledge and awareness of self-collection were variable among the primary care workforce, with some viewing self-collection to be inferior to clinician-collected screening. Practitioners championed self-collection at an individual level, with the extent of practice-level implementation depending on resourcing. Concerns regarding supporting the follow-up of self-collected HPV positive patients were noted. Other practical barriers included gaining timely, accurate screening histories from the National Cancer Screening Register to assess eligibility. Practitioners' role surrounded facilitating the choice between screening tests through a patient-centred approach.
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