Barriers and facilitators to a combined strategy of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening among Mexican women.

ABSTRACT: HPV-FASTER is an innovative public health intervention combining HPV vaccination and HPV-based screening in adult women at the same visit. FASTER-Tlalpan adapted the combined HPV-FASTER strategy in Tlalpan, Mexico City for women aged 25-45 years. To understand the barriers and facilitators to participation in a combined strategy, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 FASTER-Tlalpan participants. We used the constant comparative method for the analysis, as well as the socioecological model to organize the findings. At the intrapersonal level, barriers included the belief that only younger women are at risk for HPV, embarrassment about the pelvic exam, and lack of time, while facilitators were having information regarding the benefit of the combined strategy, perception of time sav

SUBMITTER: Leon-Maldonado L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11970787 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature