Acceptability of self-collection sampling for HPV-DNA testing in low-resource settings: a mixed methods approach

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Qualitative study participantsSSIs: semi-structured interviews; FGDs: focus group discussions

	Participant SSIs		Provider SSIs	Participant FGDs		Total respondents
	Self-sampling ACCEPTORS	Self-sampling REFUSERS		# of sessions	Total # of participants
Hyderabad	25	7	5	0	0	37
Nicaragua	5	5	10	2	13	33
Uganda	10	0*	5	2	17	32

*Very few START-UP study participants in Uganda refused self-sampling and no refusers returned to the clinic for follow-up and/or treatment during the qualitative research period.

ISSN: 1471-2458