Our project - He Tapu Te Whare Tangata - aims to increase cervical screening coverage through HPV self-testing, delivered through community-based health practices.  We will use technology that screens women for infection with the types of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer. The project is Māori led and Māori centred. It will improve the detection of pre-cancerous lesions in Māori women and aims ultimately to reduce the unnecessary inequity in mortality from a preventable cancer that disproportionately affects Māori women. If successful, it will inform the National Screening Unit policy on the rollout of HPV screening.

Publications

Adcock, A., Cram, F., Lawton, B., Geller, S., Hibma, M., Sykes, P., MacDonald, E. J., Dallas‐Katoa, W., Rendell, B., Cornell, T., Mataki, T., Rangiwhetu, T., Gifkins, N. and Hart, S. (2019). Acceptability of self‐taken vaginal HPV sample for cervical screening among an under‐screened Indigenous population. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol, 59, 301–307. doi:10.1111/ajo.12933

Adcock, A., Stevenson, K., Cram, F., MacDonald, E.J., Gellar, S., Hermens, J. & Lawton, B. (2021). He Tapu Te Whare Tangata (sacred house of humanity): Under- screened Māori women talk about HPV self-testing cervical screening clinical pathways. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13873.

Lawton, B., Heffernan, M., Wurtak, G., Steben, M., Lhaki, P., Cram, F., Blas, M., Hibma, M., Adcock, A., Stevenson, K., Whop, L., Brotherton, J. & Garland, S.M. (2020). IPVS Policy Statement addressing the burden of HPV disease for Indigenous peoples. Papillomavirus Research, 9, 100191.

MacDonald, E.J., Geller, S., Sibanda, N., Stevenson, K., Denmead, L., Adcock, A., Cram, F., Hibma, M., Sykes, P. & Lawton, B. (2021). Reaching under-screened/never-screened indigenous peoples with human papilloma virus self-testing: A community-based cluster randomised controlled trial. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol. DOI: 10.1111/ajo.13285

Publications

Adcock, A., Cram, F., Edmonds, L. & Lawton, B. (2023). Culturally safe neonatal care: Talking with health practitioners identified as champions by Indigenous families. Qualitative Health Research. DOI: 10.1177/10497323231164550

Adcock, A., Cram, F., Edmonds, L. & Lawton, B. (2022). He Tamariki Kokoti Tau: Whānau of preterm Māori infants (pēpi) reflect on their journeys from birth to first birthday. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 52 Issue sup1: He Āpiti Supplement: He Pito Mata – Awakening the Potential. Guest Editors: Sarah Moss, Sereana Naepi, Darren Powell and Wendy Larner.

Adcock, A., Cram, F., Edmonds, L. & Lawton, B. (2021). He Tamariki Kokoti Tau: Families of Indigenous infants talk about their experiences of preterm birth and neonatal intensive care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 9835. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189835.

Adcock, A., Storey, F., Lawton, B., Bennett, M., Lambert, C., Edmonds, L., Stevenson, K., Geller, S. & Cram, F. (2019). He Korowai Manaaki: mapping assets to inform a strength-based, Indigenous-led wrap-around maternity pathway. Australian Journal of Primary Care -  https://doi.org/10.1071/PY19029. Published online: 21 October 2019.

Edmonds, L.K., Sibanda, N., Geller, S., Cram, F., Robson, B., Filoche, S., Storey, F., Gibson-Helm, M. & Lawton, B. (2021). He Tamariki Kokoti Tau: Tackling preterm incidence and outcomes of preterm births by ethnicity in Aotearoa New Zealand 2010-2014. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13855.

Lawton, B., Storey, F., Sibanda, N., Bennett, M., Lambert, C., Geller, S., Edmonds, L., & Cram, F. (2021). He Korowai Manaaki (Pregnancy Wraparound Care): Protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial. JMIR Research Protocol, 10(1):e18154 doi: 10.2196/18154 PMID: 33512321