Pilot of a network-driven, advocacy intervention to promote cervical cancer screening in Uganda
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Funding Fogarty Program
Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Injury Research
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Pilot of a network-driven, advocacy intervention to promote cervical cancer screening in Uganda
Principal Institution
Makerere University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Wanyenze, Rhoda Kitti
Project Contact Information
Email: rwanyenze@hotmail.com
Year(s) Awarded
2020-2023
Country
Uganda
NIH Partners
NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
Project Description
This study is important to public health as it will be perhaps the first study to develop and pilot test a network-based intervention designed to increase cervical cancer (CC) screening and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa by empowering women living with cervical cancer risk (WLCCR) to be critical change agents for cervical cancer screening among women in their social network. In settings of high HPV and cervical cancer prevalence such as Uganda, where virtually every family is touched by someone living with cervical cancer risk (defined as receiving treatment for pre-cancerous or cancerous lesions), successfully mobilizing WLCCR to be advocates for CC screening and treatment could have a significant impact in the fight to control CC.
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