New research has demonstrated the benefits of taking cervical screening directly to remote women.

The study, completed by the University of Notre Dame, saw services delivered through WA Country Health Service outreach teams in six communities throughout Western Australia's remote Kimberley.

Led by Dr Aime Powell, Professor Jim Codde and Associate Professor Katrina Spilsbury from Notre Dame's Institute for Health Research, the research team partnered with experts and local services to trial a new model.

Instead of women travelling to healthcare, healthcare travelled to them, preventing women in the Kimberley from choosing to either travel hundreds of kilometres for cervical screening or go without.

The team co-designed a culturally respectful approach which combined self-collection, immediate HPV testing and same-day specialist follow-up.

Striking results saw almost 110 women participate, reaching 64 per cent of the region's annual screening target in just four months.

Ninety-nine per cent of participants said they would recommend the program to others, citing privacy, convenience and the relief of same-day results.

"I was very happy to have all tests and procedures done in one day. I would have been anxious if I had to wait," one participant shared.

"It's about time remote communities had proper access to healthcare".

The study offers a promising new model for advancing health equity across Australia and supports the National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer.

Researchers say the success of the program highlights the power of community-led design.

"When we design healthcare with communities, prioritise cultural safety and ensure Aboriginal leadership guides the process, incredible things happen," Dr Powell said.

The research project was supported by the Commonwealth's Department of Health's Indigenous Australians' Health Program Emerging Priorities Grant, the Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation's Cindy Sullivan Fellowship and the Mary Jane Foundation.

Published in The Lancet Public Health, Cervical screening approach of self-collection, point-of-care HPV testing, and same-day colposcopy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in remote Western Australia (the PREVENT Project): an implementation study can be found online.