Opportunistic offer of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing in ethnically diverse primary care clinics in Aotearoa New Zealand: an implementation study
Karen Bartholomew, Lily P. H. Yang, Cleo Neville, Anna Maxwell, Phyu Sin Aye, Jane Grant, Collette Bromhead, Georgina McPherson, Kate Moodabe, Richard Massey, Sue Crengle, Susan M. Sherman, Nina Scott, Pania Coote, Wendy Burgess, Deralie Flower, Jyoti Kathuria · 2025
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Karen Bartholomew and co-authors report on offering HPV self-testing inside primary care clinics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Their 2025 study supports the national switch to self-testing for cervical screening, begun in 2023. Six clinics serving many Māori, Pacific, and overdue patients offered the test to anyone eligible who came in for any reason.
Of more than nine thousand eligible people, about thirty-eight percent took the self-test during the study. Uptake lagged in the very groups the change was meant to help, and many who took kits home never returned them. A central nursing team handled reminders and results by phone. The authors show that easy offers alone do not close equity gaps, and follow-up support matters as much as access.
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| CREATOR | Karen Bartholomew, Lily P. H. Yang, Cleo Neville, Anna Maxwell, Phyu Sin Aye, Jane Grant, Collette Bromhead, Georgina McPherson, Kate Moodabe, Richard Massey, Sue Crengle, Susan M. Sherman, Nina Scott, Pania Coote, Wendy Burgess, Deralie Flower, Jyoti Kathuria |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |