Using CHWs and HPV Home Tests to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening in Minority Populations

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Conditions studied: Cervical Cancer

In brief

Caribbean immigrants (both Hispanics and Blacks from Haiti) are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer than the general population. One promising approach is outreach strategies that employ Community Health Workers (CHWs). Yet even in well structured CHW programs, many women remain unscreened. In our NCI Community Networks sponsored project, we are testing an approach that combines CHWs with self sampling for the human papilloma virus (HPV) as a screening strategy among such hard to reach populations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02121548

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

601

Starts

2011-10-10

Expected to finish

2015-02-17

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-17

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Haitian, Hispanic or African American women
• ages 30-65 years
• not having had a pap smear in the last three years
• live in Miami-Dade County

You may not qualify if…

• having had a hysterectomy
• history of cervical cancer
• plan to move out of the neighborhood during the next six months
• are enrolled in any other cancer prevention/outreach related study

Where it is running

• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States

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