Empowering Communities: Co-Created Resources on Cervical Screening
Cervical Cancer and Screening
With timely screening, cervical cancer is almost always preventable. Today, Canada and many parts of the world, think cervical cancer can be eliminated with appropriate strategies in place. One of these strategies is screening participation for people with a cervix. With screening, precancerous cells can be treated before developing into cervical cancer.
In our work, we bring together research expertise and people’s lived experience to co-create materials and strategies that recognize the day-to-day realities that impact individuals getting screened.
*This is an excerpt of some earlier work we did to identify how the lives and experiences of South Asian women influence their decisions around cervical screening. Currently we’re working with the community to address the action items that were identified to increase cervical screening.
Cervical Screening Resources
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Solutions-focused work engaging community to understand low rates of cervical screening
A community report outlining the findings of a participant driven process (i.e. Concept Mapping) to understand and address low rates of cervical screening:
- Devotta, K., O’Campo, P., Bender, J., and Lofters, A. (2024). Community Report: Understanding how the lives and experiences of South Asian women impact participation in cervical screening.
Identification of important and feasible actions to address cervical screening:
- Devotta K, O’Campo P, Bender J, Lofters AK. Important and Feasible Actions to Address Cervical Screening Participation amongst South Asian Women in Ontario: A Concept Mapping Study with Service Users and Service Providers. Curr Oncol. 2024 Jul 17;31(7):4038-4051. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31070301. PMID: 39057173; PMCID: PMC11276223.
Comparing the perspectives of service providers and service users to better understand low rates of screening:
- Devotta K, O’Campo P, Bender JL, Lofters AK. Addressing Underscreening for Cervical Cancer among South Asian Women: Using Concept Mapping to Compare Service Provider and Service User Perspectives of Cervical Screening in Ontario, Canada. Curr Oncol. 2024 Nov 1;31(11):6749-6766. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31110498. PMID: 39590129; PMCID: PMC11593261.
Developing a conceptual framework of how lives and experiences impact cervical screening decision-making:
- Devotta K, Lofters A, Bender J, O’Campo P. Perceptions of cervical screening uptake amongst South Asian women in Ontario, Canada: a concept mapping study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 22;25(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21448-6. PMID: 39844167; PMCID: PMC11752636.
Solutions-focused work engaging community to understand the acceptability of HPV self-sampling as an alternative to a Pap test for cervical screening for underscreened women in Ontario
Reach and effectiveness of an HPV self-sampling take-home device:
- Devotta K, Vahabi M, Prakash V, Lofters A. Reach and effectiveness of an HPV self-sampling intervention for cervical screening amongst under- or never-screened women in Toronto, Ontario Canada. BMC Womens Health. 2023 Jan 25;23(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02174-w. PMID: 36698140; PMCID: PMC9876406.
Qualitative exploration of the acceptability of HPV self-sampling:
- Devotta K, Vahabi M, Prakash V, Lofters AK. Implementation of a Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for Under- or Never-Screened Women in Ontario, Canada: Understanding the Acceptability of HPV Self-Sampling. Curr Oncol. 2023 Jul 18;30(7):6786-6804. doi: 10.3390/curroncol30070497. PMID: 37504357; PMCID: PMC10378307.
Use of Community Champions in the implementation of HPV self-sampling:
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