Developing a scalable, woman-centred model for cervical cancer screening in vulnerable women in India (SHE-CAN Study)
Project Details
This project is an implementation research study on cervical screening that aims to co-design, implement and evaluate HPV based self-sampling in vulnerable populations in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Mizoram. Following a formative phase and a co-design phase, we will conduct a cluster randomised trial among approximately 6000 women from rural, tribal and urban poor populations over one year.
Partners
- The University of Melbourne
- Christian Medical College Vellore (India)
- IARC (WHO)
- The Tribal Health Initiative
- Government of Mizoram (PBCR)
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
- Directorate of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Tamil Nadu)
Project resources
Oommen AM, Basu P, Cherian AG, Zomawia E, Manoharan R, Pricilla RA, Viswanathan V, Oldenburg B, Subramanian S, Hawkes D, Saville M, Brotherton JML. Protocol for the formative phase of a trial (SHE-CAN) to test co-designed implementation strategies for HPV-based cervical screening among vulnerable women in two diverse settings in India. Implement Sci Commun 4, 62 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00436-0
Researchers
- Prof Julia Brotherton (Project Lead)
- Dr. Anu Oommen
- Maleeha Ashfaq
- Dr. Claire Nightingale
- Prof Sumit Kane