Women's cellphone access and ownership in rural Uganda: implications for self-care interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) call for cervical cancer elimination includes increasing global cervical screening coverage. HPV-based self-collection (HPV-SC) is a promising screening model for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and while digital technology, such as cellphones, can be used to streamline HPV-SC, there is limited data on digital technology penetration in LMICs. Determining women's cellphone access is critical to understanding the feasibility of using cellphones to support HPV-SC.

Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of a larger clinical trial. Participants of a cluster-randomized trial comparing HPV-SC models in Uganda completed a survey, including questions about demographics, cellphone access/ownership, prior cervical cancer scre

SUBMITTER: Leahy W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622906 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature