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This study aimed to determine adherence to the recommended follow-up cervical cancer screening, characterise the timing of adherence and determine its associated predictors among women living with HIV (WLHIV) who undertook their first screening between 2019 and 2021 in Moshi Municipality, northern Tanzania.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective cohort study between 2019 and 2021.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Healthcare facilities in Moshi municipality, Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>2030 WLHIV who undertook their first screening in healthcare facilities in Moshi municipality between 2019 and 2021.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adherence to a follow-up cervical cancer screening, defined as the subsequent screening test conducted to detect precancerous development in the cervix carried out after the first screening. For the sub-analysis assessing the timing of adherence to a follow-up screening, this outcome was further categorised into four distinct categories: early adherence, good adherence, poor adherence, extremely poor adherence based on the time elapsed between the first screening and subsequent follow-up screening. Predictors of adherence were assessed using multivariable Poisson regression models with robust SEs and reported as adjusted risk ratios (ARR) with 95% CIs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 2030 WLHIV who undertook the first screening, only 33.2% adhered to a follow-up screening. Among these, only 21.4% (95% CI 18.4% to 24.7%) demonstrated good adherence, meaning they attended a follow-up within a month after the scheduled date. Also, adherence was higher in private healthcare facilities (ARR=1.57; 95%\u2009CI 1.35 to 1.82), lower for WLHIV who had their first screening at outreach facilities (ARR=0.28; 95%\u2009CI 0.19 to 0.39) and higher for those who were diagnosed with an abnormal screening outcome in their first screening (ARR=2.62; 95%\u2009CI 2.26 to 3.05). Adherence also increased with age and parity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adherence to follow-up cervical cancer screening among WLHIV in Moshi municipality was suboptimal, with only one-third of WLHIV adhering to these screenings. Strengthening recall systems particularly in public and outreach facilities and implementing targeted interventions for younger WLHIV, those with no or fewer children and those who had normal screening outcomes in the first screening is essential to improve adherence to recommended follow-up screening.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2025-113748","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]],"date-time":"2026-09-15T14:01:10Z","timestamp":1789480870000},"page":"e113748","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Adherence to follow-up cervical cancer screening and its predictors among women living with HIV in Moshi municipality, Tanzania: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study (2019\u20132024)"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-4447-0428","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dickson","family":"Doto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC, Moshi Urban, Tanzania"},{"name":"Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura J","family":"Shirima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC, Moshi Urban, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Blandina","family":"Mmbaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania"},{"name":"School of Medicine, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-8459-6629","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Deogratius","family":"Kinoko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC, Moshi Urban, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9861-5879","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Innocent B","family":"Mboya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC, Moshi Urban, Tanzania"},{"name":"Department of Research and Programmes, Africa Academy for Public Health (AAPH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Innocent H Peter","family":"Ughh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7226-0168","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alex","family":"Mremi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania"},{"name":"School of Medicine, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia","family":"Swai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania"},{"name":"School of Medicine, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bariki","family":"Mchome","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania"},{"name":"School of Medicine, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026091507004431000_16.9.e113748.1","unstructured":"World Health Organization . 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