Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention
In the United States, medically underserved women carry a heavier burden of cancer incidence and mortality, yet are largely underrepresented in cancer prevention studies. My Body, My Test is a n observational cohort, multi-phase cervical cancer prevention study in North Carolina that recruited low-i...
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| author | Jennifer S. Smith Olivia M. Vaz Charley E. Gaber Andrea C. Des Marais Bhavika Chirumamilla Lori Hendrickson Lynn Barclay Alice R. Richman Xian Brooks Anna Pfaff Noel T. Brewer |
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| description | In the United States, medically underserved women carry a heavier burden of cancer incidence and mortality, yet are largely underrepresented in cancer prevention studies. My Body, My Test is a n observational cohort, multi-phase cervical cancer prevention study in North Carolina that recruited low-income women, aged 30–65 years and who had not undergone Pap testing in ≥ 4 years. Participants were offered home-based self-collection of cervico-vaginal samples for primary HPV testing. Here, we aimed to describe the recruitment strategies utilized by study staff, and the resulting recruitment and self-collection kit return rates for each specific recruitment strategy. Participants were recruited through different approaches: either direct (active, staff-effort intensive) or indirect (passive on the part of study staff). Of a total of 1,475 individuals screened for eligibility, 695 were eligible (47.1%) and 487 (70% of eligible) participants returned their self-collection kit. Small media recruitment resulted in the highest number of individuals found to be study eligible, with a relatively high self-collection kit return of 70%. In-clinic in-reach resulted in a lower number of study-eligible women, yet had the highest kit return rate (90%) among those sent kits. In contrast, 211 recruitment which resulted in the lowest kit return of 54%. Small media, word of mouth, and face-to-face outreach resulted in self-collection kit return rates ranging from 72 to 79%. The recruitment strategies undertaken by study staff support the continued study of reaching under-screened populations into cervical cancer prevention studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bc1c23708704c10b54ac33c3afd8a2a2023-03-26T05:32:10ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01183Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer preventionJennifer S. SmithOlivia M. VazCharley E. GaberAndrea C. Des MaraisBhavika ChirumamillaLori HendricksonLynn BarclayAlice R. RichmanXian BrooksAnna PfaffNoel T. BrewerIn the United States, medically underserved women carry a heavier burden of cancer incidence and mortality, yet are largely underrepresented in cancer prevention studies. My Body, My Test is a n observational cohort, multi-phase cervical cancer prevention study in North Carolina that recruited low-income women, aged 30–65 years and who had not undergone Pap testing in ≥ 4 years. Participants were offered home-based self-collection of cervico-vaginal samples for primary HPV testing. Here, we aimed to describe the recruitment strategies utilized by study staff, and the resulting recruitment and self-collection kit return rates for each specific recruitment strategy. Participants were recruited through different approaches: either direct (active, staff-effort intensive) or indirect (passive on the part of study staff). Of a total of 1,475 individuals screened for eligibility, 695 were eligible (47.1%) and 487 (70% of eligible) participants returned their self-collection kit. Small media recruitment resulted in the highest number of individuals found to be study eligible, with a relatively high self-collection kit return of 70%. In-clinic in-reach resulted in a lower number of study-eligible women, yet had the highest kit return rate (90%) among those sent kits. In contrast, 211 recruitment which resulted in the lowest kit return of 54%. Small media, word of mouth, and face-to-face outreach resulted in self-collection kit return rates ranging from 72 to 79%. The recruitment strategies undertaken by study staff support the continued study of reaching under-screened populations into cervical cancer prevention studies.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10035812/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer S. Smith Olivia M. Vaz Charley E. Gaber Andrea C. Des Marais Bhavika Chirumamilla Lori Hendrickson Lynn Barclay Alice R. Richman Xian Brooks Anna Pfaff Noel T. Brewer Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention PLoS ONE |
| title | Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention |
| title_full | Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention |
| title_fullStr | Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention |
| title_short | Recruitment strategies and HPV self-collection return rates for under-screened women for cervical cancer prevention |
| title_sort | recruitment strategies and hpv self collection return rates for under screened women for cervical cancer prevention |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10035812/?tool=EBI |
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