Education efforts may contribute to wider acceptance of human papillomavirus self-sampling
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Education efforts may contribute to wider acceptance of human papillomavirus self-sampling
BACKGROUND Information about women's acceptance of new screening methods in Sub-Saharan Africa is limited. The aim of this study was to report on women's acceptance of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling following an educational intervention on cervical cancer and HPV. METHODS Women were recruited from the city of Tiko and a low-income neighborhood of Yaoundé, both in Cameroon. Written a...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Women's Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1179-1411
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s56307