Community pharmacies may be an additional setting for further research to increase access to HPV self-testing for Māori, Pacific, under-screened people, and those not enrolled with a primary care provider, according to 6-week study involving six community pharmacies in Auckland. All pharmacies trialled promotion of HPV self-testing by pharmacy staff, with mailed test kits from the centralised co-ordination team, and one pharmacy also trialled on-site provision of at-home self-test kits by study nurses, both with telehealth support and results follow-up from the study team to expand self-test access. Of 45 participants, 69% returned samples, of whom 29% were Māori or Pacific and 32% were ≥2 years overdue for screening. Pharmacy involvement in provision of HPV self-tests was supported by all surveyed pharmacy staff.
