Healthcare Providers' Perspectives Regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Former Pap/VIA-Based Screen-and-Treat Program in Iquitos, Peru.

ABSTRACT: Longstanding structural barriers to Pap smear-based cervical cancer screening and treatment have existed in Peru for decades. The objective of this study was to understand healthcare providers' perspectives regarding the facilitators of and barriers to the now former Pap/Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid-based cervical cancer prevention program in Iquitos, Peru, to inform the transition to the human papillomavirus (HPV) molecular testing-based screen-and-treat intervention to increase screening and completion of care. We used constructs from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research's Inner Setting domain to understand the strengths and failures of the former system and leverage this knowledge to enhance the new HPV-based intervention's implementation. We conducted 19 semi-st

SUBMITTER: Nussbaum L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12361280 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature