Home-based cervical cancer screening for women with HIV in Nigeria
The CHESS (Community, Home-based Education, Screening Services) Strategy to increase cervical cancer control access for HIV positive women in Nigeria
This project offers home HPV screening and follow-up care to women living with HIV in Nigeria through trained peer supporters.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Emory University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Atlanta, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11408319 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you are a woman living with HIV, the team will adapt a peer-support program so trained mentors can bring or guide you through home HPV screening and help arrange follow-up care if needed. They will work with community stakeholders to tailor the program to local needs before rolling it out. The project will track who is reached, how well the screening and follow-up work, how clinics and mentors adopt the program, and whether the program is delivered as intended. After implementation, researchers will study barriers and supports to keeping the program going and expanding it nationally.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are women living with HIV in Nigeria who receive HIV care and can be reached at home or through the MoMent peer-support program.
Not a fit: Women who do not live in the program areas, do not have HIV, or who decline home-based screening are unlikely to be included or benefit directly.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more women with HIV could get screened and treated earlier, lowering their risk of cervical cancer.
How similar studies have performed: Home-based HPV self-sampling and peer-supported screening have shown promise in other settings, but integrating and sustaining such programs at national scale remains relatively untested.
Where this research is happening
Atlanta, United States
- Emory University — Atlanta, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Flowers, Lisa C. — Emory University
- Study coordinator: Flowers, Lisa C.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.