PhD Completion Seminar - Claire Zammit
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Title: Implementing community-driven strategies in cervical screening and HPV self-collection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Zoom link: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/avn2
Passcode: 675545
Location: Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Bio: Claire Zammit is a PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Policy. She specializes in mixed-method, community-engaged research with priority populations to improve equitable access to health services, focusing on Australia’s cancer screening programs. With expertise in implementation science, evaluation, and systems thinking, Claire works to strengthen health service delivery and promote sustainable, equity-driven change. She is committed to making health systems more accountable, accessible, and inclusive.
Abstract: Cervical cancer is preventable, and Australia is “on track” for elimination by 2035. Yet it continues to disproportionately impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Australia's Elimination agenda calls for innovative models of screening through the availability of HPV-based self-collection in the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP). This thesis explores the implementation of cervical screening led by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker-Practitioner Workforce and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Findings directly support current policy objectives to accelerate equitable cervical cancer elimination for all.