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    Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: results from a population-based survey in Canada

    The success of any COVID-19 vaccine program ultimately depends on high vaccine uptake. This study determined overall intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and identified factors that predict intentions to be...

    Gina S. Ogilvie, Shanlea Gordon, Laurie W. Smith, Arianne Albert in BMC Public Health (2021)

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    Correlates of women’s intentions to be screened for human papillomavirus for cervical cancer screening with an extended interval

    High-risk HPV DNA testing has been proposed as a primary tool for cervical cancer screening (HPV-CCS) as an alternative to the Papanicolaou cytology- method. This study describes factors associated with women’...

    Gina S. Ogilvie, Laurie W. Smith, Dirk van Niekerk, Fareeza Khurshed in BMC Public Health (2016)

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    Comparison of the Roche cobas® 4800 and Digene Hybrid Capture® 2 HPV tests for primary cervical cancer screening in the HPV FOCAL trial

    HPV FOCAL is a randomized trial (ISRCTN79347302, registered 20 Apr 2007) comparing high-risk (hr) HPV testing vs. liquid-based cytology (LBC) for cervical cancer screening of women aged 25–65. We compared the ...

    Darrel A. Cook, Wendy Mei, Laurie W. Smith, Dirk J. van Niekerk in BMC Cancer (2015)

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    Women’s intentions to self-collect samples for human papillomavirus testing in an organized cervical cancer screening program

    Mounting evidence affirms HPV testing as an effective cervical cancer screening tool, and many organized screening programs are considering adopting it as primary testing. HPV self-collection has comparable se...

    Laurie W Smith, Fareeza Khurshed, Dirk J van Niekerk, Mel Krajden in BMC Public Health (2014)

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    A randomized controlled trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervicalcancer screening: trial design and preliminary results (HPV FOCAL Trial)

    In the HPV FOCAL trial, we will establish the efficacy of hr-HPV DNA testing as a stand-alone screening test followed by liquid based cytology (LBC) triage of hr-HPV-positive women compared to LBC followed by ...

    Gina S Ogilvie, Dirk J van Niekerk, Mel Krajden, Ruth E Martin in BMC Cancer (2010)