What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate if HPV self-sampling increases cervical screening participation among never and under-screened women.

Home‐based HPV self‐sampling improves participation by never‐screened and under‐screened women: Results from a large randomized trial (iPap) in Australia

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Randomized trial shows HPV self-sampling boosts screening in never- and under-screened women, suggesting effective outreach.

To evaluate if HPV self-sampling increases cervical screening participation among never and under-screened women.
Randomized controlled trial with 8,160 women aged 30-69 years in Victoria
Participants randomly allocated to self-sampling or Pap test reminders
Primary outcome measured was participation in screening.
Participation increased to 20.3% for never-screened women in the self-sampling arm (6.0% for reminders, p<0.001)
Participation increased to 11.5% for under-screened women in the self-sampling arm (6.4% for reminders, p<0.001)
Of women who tested positive for HPV16/18, 62.2% underwent recommended colposcopy.

Sultana et al. (2016) studied this question.

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