Anu Mary Oommen, Rita Isaac, Biswajit Paul, David Weller, Madelon L Finkel, Anitha Thomas, Thomas Samuel Ram, Prashanth H R, Anne George Cherian, Vinotha Thomas, Vathsala Sadan, Rajeswari Siva, Anuradha Rose, Tobey Ann Marcus, Shalini Jeyapaul, Sangeetha Rathnam K, Tabeetha Malini, Surenthiran N, Paul Jebaraj, Neenu Oliver John, Charles Ramesh, Jeffers Jayachandra Raj C, Rakesh Kumar S, Balaji B V, Irene Dorathy P, Valliammal Murali, Prema N, Kavitha K, Priya Ranjani D
BACKGROUND: In order for low and middle income countries (LMIC) to transition to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) test based cervical cancer screening, a greater understanding of how to implement these evidence based interventions (EBI) among vulnerable populations is needed. This paper documents outcomes of an implementation research on HPV screening among women from tribal, rural, urban slum settings in India. METHODS: A mixed-method, pragmatic, quasi-experimental trial design was used...
2024: PloS One