title: Attitudes to self-sampling for HPV among Indian, Pakistani, African-Caribbean and white British women in Manchester, UK.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine attitudes to self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing among women from contrasting ethnic groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Manchester, UK.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred women of Indian, Pakistani, African-Caribbean and white British origin were recruited from social and community groups to participate in a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire included items on attitudes to self-sampling and intention to use the test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Willingness to try to use the test was high, and women did not foresee religious or cultural barriers to self-sampling; however, a large proportion of women were concerned about doing the test properly. This concern was greatest in the Indian and African-Caribbean groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although women's willingness to try self-sampling for HPV is encouraging, worries about carrying out the procedure correctly must be addressed if women are to feel confident about the results of self-sampling methods and reassured by a negative result.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCaffery
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szarewski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cadman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wardle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001294:Attitude to Health; D044383:Black People; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D044465:White People; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis