Women with physical disability are being sought to take part in research being conducted in the NNSWLHD Women’s Health Nurse-led clinics. The Women’s Health Nurses are calling for women who are due for cervical screening to attend the clinics in Northern NSW to have cervical screening tests, in particular self-collect screening tests.
What is involved?
Women who attend the women’s health clinics across the LHD, including women who can be provided with the screening service at home, will be invited to share their experience via a short telephone interview. The study will involve women sharing their experience of the self-collected screening test and barriers and facilitators regarding cervical screening in regional NSW.
Eligibility criteria
Women aged 25-74 years, who are due or overdue for their cervical screening test, have a physical disability, who attend the WHN clinic and opt to self-collect their cervical screening test are eligible to be invited into the project.
Recruitment for the research project is ongoing until June 2025. If your practice is interested in collaborating with the project team please get in touch with one of the contacts below:
- Lismore area – Jane Newman 0436 023 363
- Clarence area – Roslyn Hollis 0407 079 175
- Tweed-Byron area – Helen Tonkin 0429 842 522
Results of the cervical screening tests of women referred to the research project by your practice will be copied into your practice software.
*Ethics approval has been gained from NSW Health Ethics (HREA352 2022/ETH02575) .
