In-service evaluation in screening programmes
The UK NSC evidence review process guidance has been updated with an expanded definition of in-service evaluation.
Carolina Martinelli
Carolina is the Targeted Screening Lead for the UK NSC Secretariat and the Department of Health and Social Care screening team. She has a background in public policy and public policy research and evaluation. She has worked on several cervical screening projects for the UK NSC, including the UK NSC’s in-service evaluation of HPV self-sampling in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme and the HPValidate study in England.
UK NSC recommends HPV self-sampling option for under-screened women in cervical screening programme
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Carolina Martinelli, Posted on:
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Cervical Screening, UK National Screening Committee
The UK NSC has recommended that women who never or rarely attend their routine cervical screening appointments could be offered a self-sampling test option.
UK NSC consults on offering HPV self-sampling option to under-screened people in cervical screening programme
The UK NSC is consulting on whether to offer an HPV self-sampling option to people who rarely or never attend their cervical screening appointments.
HPValidate cervical screening self-sampling study publishes final results
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Dr Jo Waller, Dr Matejka Rebolj and Carolina Martinelli, Posted on:
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Cervical Screening
The HPValidate study has published its final results and found that 4 combinations of HPV self-collection device and test worked well – these can now be used to help find out how self-sampling could be introduced into cervical screening.