Table 2. Model 1—Within clinic integration using internal staff.
Study | Study design | Setting | Model of care | Integration | Screening n (% of those offered) |
HIV positive | Treatment coverage | Selection bias |
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Morgan 2014 |
Cross-sectional | The National Care and Treatment referral centre (NCTC), Guyana | Single-site approach: VIA screening |
VIA provided as a baseline test for all HIV positive women and reinforced by NCTC health team, which also promotes annual VIA screening. Also extends to all women. | 1,831 |
49% | NA: Screening only | N/A |
Sirivongrangson 2007 | Cross-sectional | An urban infectious disease clinic and an STI clinic, Thailand | Screening: Pap test, HPV DNA test, and screening and treatment of STIs. Referral of those with abnormal cervical cytology. | HIV-infected women attending either an infectious disease clinic or a STI clinic were screened. | 150 (70.8%) at infectious disease clinic and 60 (100%) at the STI clinic. | 100% | NA: Screening only | N/A |
Ibrahim 2013 | Retrospective record review | A hospital genitourinary medicine department, the UK | Screening using smear test and cytology. Referred for colposcopy according to local and national guidelines. | CaCx screening integrated into a genitourinary medicine clinic for HIV positive women. | 101 (78%) | 100% | Following the initial smear, all women were appropriately followed up with annual cytology or referred for colposcopy according to local and national guidelines. 22 patients were lost to follow-up after initial cytology. | N/A |
Ekong 2013 | Retrospective record review | Five rural ART clinics, Uganda | ‘See and Treat’: VIA and cryotherapy, advanced cases referred. | Existing healthcare workers trained to provide CaCx services. |
1,088 | 19% | 53.6% (15/28) HIV-positive and VIA-positive women were treated with cryotherapy; 46.4% were referred. | N/A |
Moon 2012 | Cross-sectional | Four rural family planning health facilities and one referral hospital, Mozambique | ‘See and Treat’: VIA and cryotherapy, advanced cases referred. LEEP and surgery were provided at the provincial hospital for serious cases. |
CaCx screening, family planning, HIV VCT, and STI and gynecological screening all performed during one visit in the same physical space. Technical assistance infrastructure of a HIV program used to introduce CaCx services. | 4,651 | 12.5% | 61% (221/380) of cryotherapy eligible women received same day treatment–increasing from 53% during the first quarter to 96% during the last quarter. | N/A |
Mulenga 2012 | Cross-sectional | 14 Zambia Defense Force mobile HIV VCT service units, Zambia | ‘See and Treat’: VIA and cryotherapy, advanced cases referred. |
Screening provided on an opt-out bases to women accessing mobile HIV VCT services. |
560 (67%) | 20% | 11% (62/560) were eligible for onsite cryotherapy and were treated immediately, while 5% (26/560) were referred, of these 92% (24/26) completed the referral. | N/A |
Anderson 2015 | Cross-sectional | 24 HIV clinics and 23 reproductive and child health clinics in national, regional, and district hospitals, and health centers, Côte d’Ivoire, Guyana, and Tanzania | ‘See and Treat’: VIA and cryotherapy, ineligible referred for LEEP, advanced cases referred. |
Existing healthcare workers trained to provide CaCx services. Shared training protocols and multiple types of staff involved. | 34,921 |
26% | 85% (2,508) of eligible women received cryotherapy during the same visit; only 234 (52%) of those who postponed returned for treatment; 622 (17%) VIA-positive women were referred for excisional treatment. | N/A |
Martin 2014 | Retrospective record review | 18 CaCx prevention sites, including 10 HIV care and treatment sites, Guyana | ‘See and Treat’: VIA and cryotherapy, ineligible referred for LEEP, advanced cases referred, referred patients followed up. Counselling and education. |
Physicians and non-physicians trained to provide CaCx screening services. Development of treatment guidelines with Ministry of Health and stakeholders. | 21,597 |
8% | 85% (1938) of women eligible for cryotherapy received immediate treatment. Of the 347 women who postponed cryotherapy, 62% returned for treatment, while 38% were lost to follow-up. Half (1,027) of VIA+ women treated with cryotherapy LEEP returned for a 1-year follow-up screening. | Unclear risk of bias |
Huchko 2011 | Retrospective record review | District hospital and HIV clinics, Kenya | VIA and colposcopy, LEEP treatment, advanced cases referred. Outreach, awareness, and education campaign. | CaCx screening offered as part of routine care at HIV clinics. Full clinic involvement and training. Coordination with local experts and external pathologists. | 3,642 (87%) | 100% | 531 (15%) underwent colposcopy for either positive or unsatisfactory VIA; 243 LEEPs were performed. Eight women (0.1%) were referred for radiation therapy or surgery. | Unclear risk of bias |
Abbreviations: VIA: visual inspection with acetic acid, NA: not applicable, STI: sexually transmitted infection, HPV: human papilloma virus, CaCx: cervical cancer, LEEP: loop electrosurgical excision procedure, VCT: voluntary counselling and testing.