This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/IJGO.13454 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Article type : Clinical Article CLINICAL ARTICLE Acceptability and preferences for self-collected screening for cervical cancer within health systems in rural Uganda: A mixed-methods approach Angeli Rawat 1,2, *, Catherine Sanders 2 , Nadia Mithani 2 , Catherine Amuge 3 , Heather Pedersen 2 , Ruth Namugosa 3 , Beth Payne 2 , Sheona Mitchell-Foster 4 , Jackson Orem 3 , Gina Ogilvie 1,2 , Carolyn Nakisige 3 1 School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2 Women’s Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada 3 Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda 4 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada *Correspondence Angeli Rawat, University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, 2206 East Mall Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. Email: angeli@alumni.ubc.ca Keywords Cervical cancer; Cervical cancer screening; Community-based health systems; Global health; Human papillomavirus; Integrated health service delivery; Low- and middle-income countries; Self-collected cervical cancer screening Accepted Article