Table 1 Key findings from women’s perspective on HPV sampling mapped onto the TDF and COM-B frameworks
COM-B Component | TDF Domain | TDF Domain Description | Key Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
Capability | Knowledge | An awareness of the existence of something | Awareness and acceptability of HPV self-sampling |
Skills | An ability or proficiency acquired through practice | Confidence in their ability to complete HPV self-sampling strategy Role of clinicians in HPV sample collection | |
Opportunity | Social Influences | Those interpersonal processes that can cause an individual to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors | Peer and partner encouragement Social stigma associated with cervical cancer |
Environmental Context and Resources | Any circumstance of a person’s situation or environment that discourages or encourages the development of skills and abilities, independence, social competence, and adaptive behavior | Proximity to cervical cancer screening sites Fear of pelvic screening | |
Motivation | Social Role and Identity | A coherent set of behaviors and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting | Feeling of privacy and comfort conducting the HPV self-sampling |
Beliefs about Capabilities | Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about an ability, talent, or facility that a person can put to constructive use | Personal perception of cervical cancer risk Screening will improve health outcomes | |
Beliefs about Consequences | Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation | Fear of disease and death |