Ethnographic study of the barriers and facilitators to implementing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling as a primary screening strategy for cervical cancer among Inuit women of Nunavik, Northern Quebec

Figures & data

Table 1. Age of participants

Age (Years)	Number (n = 28)
21–30	7
31–40	6
41–50	3
51–60	5
61–70	4
71–80	3

Table 2. Summary of barriers and facilitators

Facilitators

1.1 Acceptability of the self-sampling method

1.2 Nurse involvement

1.3 Being able to choose the sampling method

1.4 Available information about cervical cancer prevention

1.5 Information diffusion strategies

1.6 Feeling concerned about cervical cancer prevention

Barriers

2.1 Not feeling concerned about cervical cancer prevention

2.2 Lack of confidence in the ability to perform self-sampling

2.3 Cross-cultural context of health-care delivery

2.4 Questioning the effectiveness of self-sampling