title: Teaching tools to engage Anishinaabek First Nations women in cervical cancer screening: Report of an educational workshop.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore educational strategies for engaging First Nations women in Canada to attend cervical cancer screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  Within a participatory action research framework, semi-structured interviews with health-care providers in First Nations communities revealed that education about the value of screening is perceived as being a key factor to promote cervical cancer screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  To obtain feedback from workshop informants, a 1-day educational workshop was held to identify appropriate educational intervention strategies, which would be applied in a forthcoming randomised controlled cervical screening trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Common discussion and discussion groups, which were facilitated by a First Nations workshop moderator and a note taker.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This workshop helped to strengthen the ethical space dialogue with the First Nations communities with whom the study team had established research partnerships. The workshop atmosphere was relaxed and the invited informants decided that an educational health promotion event for community women needed to be held prior to inviting them to the cervical screening trial. Such an event would provide an opportunity to communicate the importance of attending regular cervical screening allowing women to make informed decisions about screening participation. Complementary promotional items, including an eye-catching pamphlet and storytelling, were also suggested.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The key messages from the events and promotional items can help to destigmatise women who develop a type of cancer that is caused by a sexually transmitted virus that affects both men and women. Developing and implementing positive health education that respectfully depicts female bodies, sexuality and health behaviours through a First Nations lens is strongly warranted.
authors.affiliation: Probe Development and Biomarker Exploration, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zehbe
authors.affiliation: Probe Development and Biomarker Exploration, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Brianne
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Departments of Sociology and Women's Studies, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wakewich
authors.affiliation: Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maar
authors.affiliation: Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Escott
authors.affiliation: Probe Development and Biomarker Exploration, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Naana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jumah
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Little
keywords: Canada; First Nations women; cervical cancer screening; educational strategies