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Peer mentorship to increase cervical cancer screening uptake in women living with HIV: A pilot project
HIV Nursing, Vol.18(3), pp.59-62
2018
Abstract
Background: Women living with HIV have a higher risk of developing cervical cancer. Screening guidelines recommend that women living with HIV (WLH) have a Papanicolaou (Pap) test more often than the usual standard of care.
Objective: This project examined peer mentorship influence on cervical cancer screening uptake.
Method: A peer mentorship intervention consisted of peer mentors that provided information about cervical cancer screening and assisted with scheduling a gynaecological visit. A retrospective chart review of 129 records identified Pap tests performed for a 3-month period during usual standard of care and during intervention.
Results: A chi-squared test compared the usual standard of care with peer mentorship intervention. Results showed a P-value of 0.021, less than the specified α level of 0.05 indicating a statistically significant difference.
Conclusion: This project demonstrated that peer mentorship has a positive influence on cervical cancer screening uptake among WLH. Cultural factors involve women’s belief systems that a Pap test will diagnose instead of screen for cancer. Interventions to improve Pap test screening specifically for WLH are limited and current literature suggests peer mentorship as a strategy to engage persons living with HIV in self-management activities to improve health outcome
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- Title
- Peer mentorship to increase cervical cancer screening uptake in women living with HIV
- Publication Details
- HIV Nursing, Vol.18(3), pp.59-62
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Mediscript Ltd.
- Copyright
- © Mediscript Ltd 2018
- Identifiers
- 99380523294106600
- Academic Unit
- School of Nursing; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English