Opportunities to flip the narrative from burden to action for young women joining the National Cervical Screening Programme in Aotearoa New Zealand: a Kaupapa Māori qualitative exploration of experiences and knowledge of cervical screening for 18–30
The empowering and easy elements of the HPV self-test, and playing an active part in cervical cancer elimination, encourage young women to participate in cervical screening, but cost is the greatest barrier to screening access. General practice also plays a critical role in championing cervical screening. This has implications for better primary care resourcing to connect and support young women to screening. HPV self-testing in the National Cervical Screening Programme has the opportunity to flip the narrative of cervical screening from burden to action.
Authors
- Anna Adcock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-3061)
- Matthew Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8065-7907)
- Peter Sykes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6772-719X)
- Evelyn Jane MacDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9307-2323)
- Merilyn Hibma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-613X)
- Andrew Carlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0679-4648)
- Kim Wolff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9080-4720)
- Tania Slater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8390-2015)
- Kendall Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0955-9014)
- Beverley Lawton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2447-8386)
- Marion Saville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5924-446X)
- David J. Hawkes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7151-1762)
- C. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-8762)
- Jo‐Ann L. Stanton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8139-4694)
- Stacie Geller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-7184)
- Melanie Gibson‐Helm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-8786)
- Mary-Ann Clueard
- Varsha Parag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6971-5782)
- Charles Lambert
- Maxine Schmidt
- Koha Aperahama
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ)
- Government of New Zealand (NZ)
- Christchurch Hospital (NZ)
- Environment Canterbury (NZ)
- Accident Compensation Corporation (NZ)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
- Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
- Gender Studies (CZ)
- Northland District Health Board (NZ)
- Auckland District Health Board (NZ)
- New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZ)
- Centre for Cancer Biology (AU)
- New Zealand Christians in Science (NZ)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Primary Health Care
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1071/hc25151
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00