Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina

BACKGROUND: Self-collection has been proposed as a strategy to increase cervical screening coverage among hard-to-reach women. However, evaluations of the implementation of this strategy on a large scale are scarce. This paper describes the process and measurement of the scaling-up of self-collecti...

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Autores principales: Arrossi, Silvina, Paolino, Melisa, Laudi, Rosa, Campanera, Alicia, Thouyaret, Laura
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Publicado: 1748-5908 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.cedes.org/handle/123456789/4508
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topic ARGENTINA
NEOPLASIAS DEL CUELLO UTERINO
Implementación de Plan de Salud
Detección Precóz del Cáncer
spellingShingle ARGENTINA
NEOPLASIAS DEL CUELLO UTERINO
Implementación de Plan de Salud
Detección Precóz del Cáncer
Arrossi, Silvina
Paolino, Melisa
Laudi, Rosa
Campanera, Alicia
Thouyaret, Laura
Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina
topic_facet ARGENTINA
NEOPLASIAS DEL CUELLO UTERINO
Implementación de Plan de Salud
Detección Precóz del Cáncer
description BACKGROUND: Self-collection has been proposed as a strategy to increase cervical screening coverage among hard-to-reach women. However, evaluations of the implementation of this strategy on a large scale are scarce. This paper describes the process and measurement of the scaling-up of self-collection offered by community health workers during home visits as a strategy to reach under-screened women aged 30+ with public health coverage, defined as the target women. METHODS: We used an adaptation of the Health System Framework to analyze key drivers of scaling-up. A content analysis approach was used to collect and analyze information from different sources. The RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) model was used to evaluate the impact of the strategy. RESULTS: HPV self-collection was scaled-up in the province of Jujuy in 2014 after a RCT (Self-collection Modality Trial, initials EMA in Spanish) was carried out locally in 2012 and demonstrated effectiveness of the strategy to increase screening uptake. Facilitators of scaling-up were the organizational capacity of the provincial health system, sustainable funding for HPV testing, and local consensus about the value of the technology. Reach: In 2014, 9% (2983/33,245) of target women were screened through self-collection in the Jujuy public health sector. Effectiveness: In 2014, 17% (n = 5657/33,245) of target women were screened with any HPV test (self-collected and clinician-collected tests) vs. 11.7% (4579/38,981) in 2013, the pre-scaling-up period (p < 0.0001). IMPLEMENTATION: Training about the strategy was provided to 84.2% (n = 609/723) of total community health workers (CHWs). Of 414 HPV+ women, 77.5% (n = 320) had follow-up procedures. Of 113 women with positive triage, 66.4% (n = 75) had colposcopic diagnosis. Treatment was provided to 80.7% of CIN2+ women (n = 21/26). Adoption: Of trained CHWs, 69.3% (n = 422/609) had at least one woman with self-collection; 85.2% (n = 315/368) of CHWs who responded to an evaluation survey were satisfied with self-collection strategy. Maintenance: During 2015, 100.0% (723/723) CHWs were operational and 63.8% (461/723) had at least one woman with self-collection. CONCLUSIONS: The strategy was successfully scaled-up, with a high level of adoption among CHWs, which resulted in increased screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women.
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author Arrossi, Silvina
Paolino, Melisa
Laudi, Rosa
Campanera, Alicia
Thouyaret, Laura
author_facet Arrossi, Silvina
Paolino, Melisa
Laudi, Rosa
Campanera, Alicia
Thouyaret, Laura
author_sort Arrossi, Silvina
title Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina
title_short Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina
title_full Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina
title_fullStr Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of scaling-up of HPV self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in Jujuy Province, Argentina
title_sort evaluation of scaling-up of hpv self-collection offered by community health workers at home visits to increase screening among socially vulnerable under-screened women in jujuy province, argentina
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