Professional Development

NACCHO Free Webinar: Get the facts: supporting self-collect cervical screening in your Community

NACCHO Free Webinar: Get the facts: supporting self-collect cervical screening in your Community

Come along to learn more and yarn about self-collect cervical screening. 

Who is this Webinar for?

This is an hour-long training session open to all ACCHO staff wanting to learn more about self-collect cervical screening. We will hear from a guest presenter and expert in the field Professor Marion Saville from the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. Each webinar will also showcase the stories of different representatives working in the ACCHO sector sharing some amazing stories of how self-collect is being implemented in their Community.

Presenter

Prof Marion Saville, Executive Director Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Prof Marion Saville AM is a New Zealand medical graduate who trained in Anatomic Pathology at Northwestern University in Chicago. She has been the Executive Director of the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer since 2000. Marion has served on cervical screening advisory committees in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario. She currently chairs the working group to review Australia’s National Cervical Screening Program Guidelines and is particularly interested in how culturally safe screening can meet the needs of disadvantaged groups who have poorer cancer outcomes. Marion was appointed as a member (AM) of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2020 for her significant service to women’s health through cervical screening initiatives.

Webinar Outline

More eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people participating in cervical screening means that more cervical cancers will be prevented or detected early, and lives saved.

Since July 2022 HPV testing on self-collect samples was made available for all women and people with a cervix, aged between 25-74 years of age. This method offers a mechanism to overcome certain barriers to participation that are experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and people with a cervix.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the accuracy and reliability of HPV self-collection as a primary cervical screening test

2. Compare the options for cervical screening to support Community members to make an informed choice

3. Discuss the potential for HPV self-collection to engage Community members in cervical screening

4. Discuss ways to support Community members through the cervical screening journey, including available resources, tools and supports.

CPD

NAATSIHWP (National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners),RACGP (The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners) and ACRRM (Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine) have provided CPD endorsement for the training.

Questions?

Contact: NACCHO on 02 6246 9300


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