HPV testing in self-collected samples
Women have problems accessing screening services due to a complexity of factors that includesocio-economic conditions, subjective factors and cultural values and norms, and health services organization and management. Self-collection of a vaginal sample for HPV testing gives them the possibility of...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/78565 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/78565 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | HPV Self-collection cervical cancer https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3 |
| Summary: | Women have problems accessing screening services due to a complexity of factors that includesocio-economic conditions, subjective factors and cultural values and norms, and health services organization and management. Self-collection of a vaginal sample for HPV testing gives them the possibility of collecting the sample by themselves, in a private room, with no other person looking at their body. is unique characteristic of HPV-testing makes it a revolutionary tool for screening programs. After decades of work to understand and try to overcome barriers faced by women to access screen- ing, the medical community has a tool that allows overcoming some of the most important problems, for example the shame of the gynecological visit or the scar- city of sample takers in remote areas. Studies carried out in different settings have shown that it is highly accepted by women. |
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