Mapping the path to cervical cancer elimination

Cervical Cancer Foresights

Three possible futures illustrating how health-system conditions shape cervical cancer prevention and care across the life course in Canada, highlighting opportunities and challenges for achieving the goals of the Action Plan for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Canada, 2020–2030 (ECCAP).
Using strategic foresight to develop a companion roadmap to the Action Plan for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Canada, 2020–2030 (ECCAP), addressing structural barriers to elimination across HPV vaccination, cervical cancer screening, and follow-up.

THE IMPACT AT A GLANCE

COLLABORATING FOR EQUITABLE CERVICAL CANCER CARE

To help Canada eliminate cervical cancer by 2040, Praxus partnered with Dr. Ambreen Sayani and Dr. Aisha Lofters at the Women’s College Hospital.

Together, we explored the structural improvements needed to make cervical cancer prevention, screening, and care more equitable.

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THE METHODOLOGY

Using strategic foresight — a prospective, participatory policy methodology — we combined strategic foresight with human-centred design to examine the forces shaping the future of cervical health in Canada.

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Literature review
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Key informant reviews
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Virtual workshops with key partners

THE OUTPUTS

The research produced three future-state scenarios, six priority areas distilled from 45 drivers of change, a Strategic Foresight Radar connecting clinical priorities with the upstream conditions needed for equitable health-system transformation, and six backcasting maps for the size priority areas.

Infographic: 3 Possible Futures: Cervical Cancer Elimination in Canada
Infographic: From Identified Drivers to Six Meta-Drivers: Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Canada
Infographic: Cervical Cancer Elimination Foresight Radar: Structural Drivers for Elimination by 2040

THE IMPACT AT A GLANCE

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