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Perceived barriers to self-collected HPV testing for cervical cancer screening, and knowledge of HPV: a survey of primary healthcare smear-takers across Aotearoa New Zealand
Research paper · 2024
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Which edition this is
Published 23 February 2024, Vol 137 No 1590, DOI 10.26635/6965.6308. Journal papers are not revised after publication, so this is the permanent version of record.
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Authors' own competing-interests statement, carried from the paper: funding was provided by the Ministry of Health National Screening Unit, including salaries for most authors (apart from lead author SI). Individual authors declare further funding: co-author PS has done other funded work for the National Screening Unit; co-author JN has had salary funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand; co-author CI received grants from the NZ Ministry of Health during the study; co-author JM is General Practice/Primary lead for the National Screening Unit; co-author BL received grants from the NZ Health Research Council and the NZ Ministry of Health.
What this is
Survey of smear-takers at the 17 practices piloting HPV cervical screening in Aotearoa New Zealand, finding knowledge gaps about HPV testing and a wish for more education, with no major barriers expected to home self-testing.
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