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...
| Autor: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/78565 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/78565 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | HPV Self-collection cervical cancer https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3 |
| Sumario: | 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. |
|---|