The cervical screening self-test study is now finished, and all options for returning samples are closed.
Self-testing for cervical screening is now available at your doctor or healthcare provider. We encourage you to stay up to date with screening.
For more information please visit: https://info.health.nz/keeping-healthy/cancer-screening/cervical-screening.
Please check back here if you are interested in the study findings. Once they are available, we will publish them here.
The study explored different ways to offer a self-test for cervical screening, so that more women get checked to prevent cervical cancer.
The study was a joint project between Te Whatu Ora – Waitematā, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, and Counties Manukau districts and Total Healthcare PHO (Tāmaki Health clinics), with additional funding from the National Screening Unit to help inform the new National Cervical Screening Programme.
The test uses a cotton swab and is simple to do yourself.
The swab is tested for HPV, the virus which can cause cervical cancer.
The self-test is safe and effective and is now part of New Zealand’s National Cervical Screening Programme.
Dr Karen Bartholomew, Lead Researcher.
Mobile: 021 211 5629.
