"Barriers and Advantages of Self-Sampling Tests, for HPV Diagnosis: A Qualitative Field Experience Before Implementation in a Rural Community in Ecuador".

Bernardo Vega Crespo Vivian Alejandra NeiraRuth Maldonado-RengelDiana LópezDayanara Delgado-López Gabriela Guerra Astudillo Veronique Verhoeven

Published in: International journal of women's health (2024)

Self-sampling methods offer several advantages over clinician sampling, such as enhanced privacy, comfort, and accessibility to cancer screening. Barriers primarily revolved around users' proficiency in performing the test and the reliability of the results. Providing training for using self-sampling tests could address these barriers.

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