Acceptability of a multicomponent, community-based, HPV self-test intervention among Jamaican women

McFarlane, Soroya Julian; Morgan, Susan E.; Schlumbrecht, Matthew

doi:10.1007/s10552-021-01406-4

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“…All returned HPV self-tests were sent to the Laboratory for Clinical and Biological Studies at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. The clinical results from the self-tests are beyond the scope of the current paper ( 45 ).…”

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Lessons learned from the “Goodie Box”: A message design study developed and evaluated in community settings for cervical cancer prevention

2022

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Despite the availability of free pap testing services, Jamaican women have low human papillomavirus (HPV) screening rates; 16% of women in the Kingston Metropolitan Area have been screened within the prior 3 years. This paper discusses the testing of theory-based messages to increase HPV screening uptake in a low-resource setting, using HPV self-test kits designed for this intervention. A total of 163 Jamaican women, aged 30–65 years, who had not had a pap test in at least 3 years, from two low socioeconomic status communities in Kingston, were enrolled and assigned to one of two versions of an HPV self-test kit, either with or without culturally targeted fear appeal messages. The uptake of screening was high across conditions; 95.6% of participants used the HPV self-test and returned their kits. However, surprising variations were observed in self-test acceptability, explained by differing attitudes toward the message conditions. Based on the results, we recommend four key components to increase HPV screening in low-resource settings: 1) focus on perceived threat in message design, 2) avoid written materials due to literacy concerns, 3) use culturally appropriate interpersonal or community-based channels, and 4) consider alternative solutions (such as a self-test) available at no or low cost to address structural barriers.

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Lessons learned from the “Goodie Box”: A message design study developed and evaluated in community settings for cervical cancer prevention

2022

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“…Bahamas [32][33][34], Barbados [35], Cuba [30,36], Curacao [37,38], Dominican Republic [39], French Guiana [40][41][42][43], Guyana [44,45], Haiti [46], Jamaica [18,27,[47][48][49][50][51][52][53], Martinique [20,54,55], Netherlands Antilles [56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63], Puerto Rico [64,65], St. Kitts and Nevis [66], St. Vincent and the Grenadines [66], Suriname [23,67], Trinidad and Tobago [68][69][70] In addition to the deduction that women between the ages of 25 and 34 have the highest risk of contracting the HPV, it is believed that the target population's age has a significant impact on their level of knowledge and the actions they take in the direction of prevention and diagnosis [14]. The overall average age of diagnosis was 24-61 years, with a range from 24 to 84 in sever...…”

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Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer in the Caribbean

Scott-Williams,

Hosein,

Akpaka

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Cervical cancer (CvC) is considered a preventable disease; however, in the Caribbean, it is still one of the fourth most common causes of death in women. Efforts to overcome obstacles to the treatment and control of this preventable disease are being made by several countries within the Caribbean. However, no health issue can be readily managed without first acquiring an understanding of the dynamics relating to its severity of impact reaching the target population, its clinical pathology, and the availability of treatment and/or preventative measures to control or halt its progression. To assess the status of CvC in the Caribbean, a review of the literature was conducted using PubMed. The Caribbean was defined in the review as comprising nations and islands whose coastlines are touched by the Caribbean Sea. This led to an assessment of the available literature on CvC for 33 Caribbean territories. The review showed a lack of published information on CvC and highlights the need for greater research. This also serves as a template for subsequent investigations.

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“…There are self-testing apps for, among others, skin cancer, 3 hearing impairments, 4 and depression (BinDhim et al, 2015). For HIV and HPV, app-based self-testing has proven a successful strategy in increasing test access (Janssen et al, 2020;McFarlane et al, 2021;Pai et al, 2018). The use of self-testing apps could become even more popular if they were integrated into public health systems and covered by insurance.…”

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Towards feminist health empowerment for self-testing apps : testing for dementia

Kapeller

2023

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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Acceptability of a multicomponent, community-based, HPV self-test intervention among Jamaican women

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Lessons learned from the “Goodie Box”: A message design study developed and evaluated in community settings for cervical cancer prevention

Lessons learned from the “Goodie Box”: A message design study developed and evaluated in community settings for cervical cancer prevention

Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer in the Caribbean

Towards feminist health empowerment for self-testing apps : testing for dementia

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