Client perspectives and satisfaction with integrating facility and community-based HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening with family planning: a mixed method study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 1718 - 14
• Main Authors: Bula, Agatha K., Mhango, Patani, Tsidya, Mercy, Chimwaza, Wanangwa, Kaira, Princess, Ghambi, Kachengwa, Heitner, Jesse, Lee, Fan, McGue, Shannon, Chinula, Lameck, Mwapasa, Victor, Tang, Jennifer H., Smith, Jennifer S., Chipeta, Effie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09.05.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Audio data; Cancer; Cancer screening; Care and treatment; Cervical cancer; Cervical cancer screening; Community health care; Complications and side effects; Consultation; Cost effectiveness; Customer satisfaction; Data analysis; Diagnosis; Disease prevention; Early Detection of Cancer - methods; Family Planning; Family Planning Services; Female; Health facilities; Health sciences; HIV; HPV self-sampling; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Industrialized nations; Integration; Interviews as Topic; Malawi; Medical personnel; Medical screening; Methods; Middle Aged; Oncology, Experimental; Papillomavirus infections; Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis; Patient satisfaction; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Prevention; Privacy; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative Research; Risk factors; Sampling; Self Care; Software; Surveys; Thermo ablations; Toilets; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Womens health; Young Adult; Malawi; Cervical cancer screening; Family Planning; Thermo ablations; HPV self-sampling

Invasive Cervical cancer is a largely preventable disease through screening, but access to cervical cancer screening (CCS) remains a challenge in Malawi. Integration of CCS with family planning (FP) services through Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling may increase screening coverage. We aimed t...