Overview
Cervical cancer screening in the Emergency Department
Description
This will be an effort to deploy HPV self-sampling among Emergency Department patients. Emergency Department patients, in the US and worldwide, are disproportionally under-screened for cervical cancer relative to the general population.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Cisgender women and transgender/non-binary individuals with a cervix,
- Age 25-65,
- Able to demonstrate decisional capacity to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Past hysterectomy with cervical removal,
- Known infection with HIV (as screening recommendations for people with HIV differ from the general population),
- Non-English speaking.