Older women’s perceptions of HPV self-sampling and HPV-sampling performed by a midwife – a phenomenographic study

Background Cervical cancer is a global disease and it is well established that cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). In Sweden self-sampling for HPV is now used as a complement to sampling performed by a midwife. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how older women perceive th...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 211 - 8
Main Authors:	Nyman, Maria Hälleberg, Lillsunde Larsson, Gabriella, Blomberg, Karin, Schröder, Agneta
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 17.01.2024 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Age groups Aged Biostatistics Cancer Care and treatment Cellular biology Cervical cancer Cervical screening Complications and side effects Early Detection of Cancer Environmental Health Epidemiology Female Health aspects Health care HPV Human papillomavirus Human Papillomavirus Viruses Humans Infections Interviews Mass Screening Medical screening Medicine Medicine & Public Health Methods Middle aged women Midwifery Papillomaviridae Papillomavirus infections Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis Perceptions Pregnancy Prevention Public Health Qualitative Qualitative analysis Risk factors Sampling Self Care Self-sampling Specimen Handling Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis Vaccine Vagina Womens health Sweden Self-sampling Human papillomavirus Cervical screening Qualitative HPV
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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