Self-collected vaginal swabs for HPV screening: An exploratory study of rural Black Mississippi women

Self-collected vaginal swabs for HPV screening: An exploratory study of rural Black Mississippi women

Objectives: To determine the post-procedure acceptability of self-collecting a vaginal swab for HPV testing among a highly impoverished and geographically isolated population of medically underserved Black women residing in the Mississippi Delta. Further, to test correlates of reporting that self-co...

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Main Authors: Richard A. Crosby, Michael E. Hagensee, Rebecca Fisher, Lindsay R. Stradtman, Tom Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Subjects:
Cervical cancer screening
HPV testing
Self-collection
Rural
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335516301668

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