DOI: 10.34894/dlxozb
title: PRESCRIP-TEC client-related factors (CRF) for cervical cancer screening
title: mixed method research into factors contributing to participation in cervical cancer screening
title: CRF-PRESCRIP-TEC

description: The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project towards Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC) research project contributes to the evidence-base for the WHO strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem. The project implements an innovative approach in cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment and follow-up, for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings, by improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services. PRESCRIP-TEC focuses on implementation research into secondary prevention of cervical cancer in different settings in four countries over three continents: Bangladesh and India in Asia, Uganda in Africa, and Slovakia in Eastern Europe. The project builds on interventions with promising or proven effectiveness including cost-effectiveness: - hrHPV based screening is cost-effective when adequate coverage is reached. - Self-swab for hrHPV leads to higher uptake of screening compared to sampling by clinicians. - Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) is an approved screening method by the WHO and is part of the national cervical cancer prevention programme in Uganda, Bangladesh, India; in India AI to support VIA screening was shown to be effective in detecting VIA positive lesions. The dataset concerns the following research question per target country: Which are the client-related factors for accessibility and acceptability and adherence to the enhanced screening protocol?
description: AWACAN surveys
description: Eligible women for the study were women who were 1) living in the study areas and based on their age eligible for cervical cancer screening according to national guidelines, 2) not pregnant, 3) not screened in the previous period whether it was defined based on the national screening policy, and 4) having the cognitive abilities to understand and answer to the questions and give informed consent. Convenience and random sampling were used for selection of respondents and different steps for recruitment were undertaken in each country. In Uganda convenience sampling was applied and eligible women were invited for participation. In Bangladesh sampling at household level was done. Households in the study areas were included for participation if females, husbands and mothers in law from wanted to participate. First convenience sampling was applied and thereafter random sampling was followed. In India, consecutive sampling was applied to approach eligible women and decision makers across various centerscentres. Decision makers were interviewed from the same household when they were considered by the women as being a decision maker. Male decision makers were either husband, son, father or father-in-law and female decision makers were mother or mother-in-law. In Slovak Republic the snowball sampling method was applied to approach eligible women from marginalised Roma communities. Partners or relatives of participating women were approached for participation as well.
description: The AWACAN survey was conducted in four countries, in Bangladesh, India, Uganda and Slovak Republic in the context of the PRESCRIP-TEC project.