Identifying primary care opportunities to enhance HPV vaccination and cervical screening for priority population groups (The Include Study)
Project Details
This project will help eliminate cervical cancer fairly in Australia by reducing barriers to access proven cervical cancer prevention services in primary health care. We will focus on five community groups who exhibit an unacceptably high burden from cervical cancer:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,
- people with disability,
- people with socioeconomic disadvantage,
- people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and
- people living in rural areas.
We will build a new digital health tool using existing, linked national data and translate the evidence generated by the tool to improved clinical practices, educational resources, national policies, and outcomes for patients.
Project Partners
- Kirby
- Australian National University
- University of Sydney
- Family Planning Australia
- Flinders University
- Daffodil Centre
Researchers
- Prof Claire Vajdic (Kirby Institute, UNSW)
- Prof Julia Brotherton
- Dr Zoe Aitken
Funding
2021 MRFF Primary Health Care Digital Innovations. ‘Identifying primary care opportunities to enhance HPV vaccination and cervical screening for priority population groups’