Introduction
On Wednesday the 7th of February 2024 we attended a workshop around the topic of improving take-up of cervical screening amongst Asian communities in Wandsworth.
The workshop, part of a two-year Connecting Health Communities (CHC) support package, was delivered by The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR). While we there as participants and observers we had also played a role in organising the event and contributed to the project as part of the steering group.
The specific focus of this workshop, cervical screening amongst Asian communities, was due to cancer screening data showing Wandsworth having some of the lowest cervical screening coverage in London and England, particularly amongst Asian communities.
As a result, the workshop aimed to bring together local residents, voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSE) and health and public sector representatives. The workshop ran from 9.30am-12.30pm and had about 30 attendees with local residents, mainly represented by the women of Mushkil Asan, joining for the second half of the workshop.
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