Do it for yourself: Australia’s first experience of universal eligibility for self-collection cervical screening increases access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

•The Do it for Yourself! demonstration project was a community-designed initiative•Self-collection was found to be an acceptable and feasible screening option for Aboriginal women•Do it for Yourself! participants believed that expanding access to self-collection would increase engagement and improve experience of cervical screening•Self-collection can overcome some of the barriers to cervical screening facing Aboriginal women