Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 21, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1380-1393

Acceptability, Feasibility and Uptake of HPV Self-Sampling Among Immigrant Minority Women: a Focused Literature Review (Review)

Marshall S.* , Vahabi M. , Lofters A.
  • a Immigration and Settlement Studies Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, Department of Sociology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada, Toronto, Canada
  • b Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, Centre for Global Health and Health Equity, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
  • c Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Family & Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Abstract

This review uncovers the extent to which immigrant and minority women find HPV self-sampling an acceptable and feasible alternative to PAP testing for screening for cervical cancer. A focused literature review was conducted using CINAHL, Medline, Proquest and Pubmed databases to search for content relating to acceptability or feasibility of HPV self-testing for immigrant populations or minorities. 575 prospective relevant papers were included in the final analysis and 28 selected using the inclusion and exclusion criteria. HPV self-sampling was found to be acceptable and feasible among immigrant and minority women. Participants studied indicated the importance of providing in-depth educational documents, diagrams, illustrations and supplementary resources in future HPV self-sampling studies. HPV self-sampling has the potential to significantly increase cervical cancer screening participation rates amongst immigrant and minority women. Future research studies should incorporate methods to increase the efficacy and acceptability of HPV self-testing amongst immigrant and minority women. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

immigrant women Human papillomavirus Cervical cancer screening HPV self-sampling ethnic minorities

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058105411&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-018-0846-y&partnerID=40&md5=bf15c45863888e2cf1a5170f0dd18fee
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-018-0846-y
ISSN: 15571912
Original Language: English