Women's acceptability of a self-collect HPV same-day screen-and-treat program in a high burden setting in the Pacific.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A field trial to evaluate a self-collect point-of-care HPV screen-and-treat (HPV S&T) program was implemented in two Well Women Clinics in Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea). Assessing the acceptability of a health intervention is a core element of evaluation. In this study, we examined women's acceptability of both self-collection and HPV S&T intervention in Papua New Guinea.  METHODS: Sixty-two semi-structured interviews were conducted with women who had undergone cervical screening in the same-day self-collected HPV screen-and-treat program in Madang and Western Highlands Provinces, Papua New Guinea. Data were thematically analysed using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA) and managed using NVivo 12.5.

Results

Most women agreed that self-collectio

SUBMITTER: Camara H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9746197 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature