Amedeo Lattanzi

TL;DR: Higher educational level, being not married, and living in urban areas were the main independent characteristics associated with a higher level of knowledge of cervical cancer etiology, although a previous treatment following a Pap smear abnormality was the strongest predictor.

TL;DR: Mailing self-samplers to non-responder women aged 35–64 years may increase compliance as compared with delivering standard recall letters, and effectiveness is context specific and the strategy costs should be carefully considered.

TL;DR: Overall women were found to be more knowledgeable about Pap smears and cervical cancer than about HPV infection and the HPV vaccine, and pointed to their healthcare providers as their most trusted source for medical information.

TL;DR: mass vaccination with bivalent or quadrivalent HPV vaccine would modestly impact on prevalence of abnormal Pap-test in screening.

TL;DR: The results suggest that it would be premature to extend the active free-of-charge offer of HPV vaccination to older women and that efforts should be focused on the priority target, considering that the objective of 95% coverage established for this age group is still far from being attained.