Increase in Response by Offering Self-sampling Devices in Belgian GP Practices to Non-screened Women

Small scale data indicate that cervical cancer screening participation may increase when self-sampling (SS) devices are offered directly by health care workers to non-screened woman, when those woman contact health services for whatever reason. The purpose of the current research is to reproduce the early findings of a MSc project conducted in a general practitioners (GP) group practice in Brussels, where women not screened since \>3 years randomized to direct reception of a SS kit yielded a response of 78% vs 51% in the control arm. BELGSSAR will also investigate whether GP's have the information on the most important risk factors for cervical cancer available in their patient files.