Adaptation and Implementation of a Patient Navigation Program for Cervical Cancer Screening Across Contexts in Senegal

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Conditions studied: Cervical Cancer, Behavior

In brief

The goal of this project is to prevent unnecessary deaths due to cervical cancer in Senegal. This mixed methods research responds to identified intrapersonal- and community-level barriers to early cervical cancer screening uptake, follow-up, and treatment among women there. Investigators will apply the Dynamic Adaptation Process (DAP) as integrated into the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework to study the adaptation of an evidence-based cervical cancer patient navigation program in urban and rural contexts in Senegal, measure the intervention effectiveness, and evaluate programmatic implementation outcomes. By studying the process of adaptation of a patient navigation program in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), investigators will build new knowledge while addressing an important public health issue. The project demonstrates innovation by advancing both adaptation and implementation process knowledge of an evidence-based patient navigation intervention in various contexts within a LMIC with a particular focus on how the adaptation responds to cancer-related stigma, misinformation, and women's autonomy in healthcare decision-making. Investigators will build knowledge through local learning which will further the long-term goal to inform the national cervical cancer prevention and control programs in two areas of Senegal and other similar LMICs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05544084

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

901

Starts

2023-08-01

Expected to finish

2027-08-28

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-08

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 69. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The inclusion criteria for samples a, b, \& c are as follows:
• Senegal citizen between the ages of 25 and 69, 2) willing to participate in survey assessments;
• The additional criteria apply for both women and men for the follow samples:
• Sample a: 3) an invited member of the study National Advisory Board or Regional Implementation Resource Teams as defined above; 4) able to read and write in French.
• Sample b: 3) employed by the state at a study site health facility as a patient navigator, clinician (nurse, midwife) who treats and educates patients, or is a community health worker at the facility or community level (Bajenu Gox - women's health educator).
• Sample c: Women: 3) a woman living with a male partner who also agrees to participate in the study, 4) eligible to seek cervical cancer prevention services at a designated health facility in Senegal. Men: 3) a man living in a household with at least one woman eligible to seek cervical cancer prevention services at a designated health facility in Senegal.

You may not qualify if…

• No additional exclusion criteria exist.

Where it is running

• University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Institute of Health and Development — Dakar, Senegal (enrolling)

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