Table 1.

Answers about awareness and knowledge of HPV, cervical cancer (causes and prevention), and vaccines among 301 participants

		Total	%
	Had ever heard about HPV	110	37,0
	Knowledge about how HPV may be caught and what it may cause	62	20,6
When asked to explain how HPV may be caught and and what it may cause1	HPV is a sexually transmitted disease	58	19,0
	HPV can cause cervical cancer	22	7,3
	HPV can cause genital warts	2	0,7
	Did not know	2	0,7
	Knowledge about cervical cancer causes	23	7,6
When asked to explain what they knew about cervical cancer causes1	HPV	19	6,3
	Hereditary disease	1	0,3
	Sexual transmitted disease	1	0,3
	Did not know	2	0,7
	Knowledge about the examination to prevent cervical cancer or "Pap smear"	157	52,2
When asked to explain what "Pap smear" is	Collection of material, secretion, cells, etc.	80	26,6
	Like a gynecological examination2	41	13,6
	Repeated the phrase "examination to prevent cervical cancer''	22	7,3
	Other	11	3,7
	Did not know	3	1,0
	Knowledge about vaccines	246	81,7
When asked to explain what they knew about	Prevention of disease	223	74,1
	Treatment	13	4,3
	Other	7	2,3
	Did not know	3	1,0
	Knowledge about how many vaccines received	183	60,8
When asked to explain which vaccines received	Answered at least one vaccine correctly	171	56,8
	Other	7	2,3
	Did not know	5	1,7
	Acceptance of vaccination against HPV after delivery3	301	100,0

¹ Participants could give more than one answer.

² Participant seems to know something about it but it is doubtful that she could distinguish it from another gynecological examination.

³ The interviewer first explained what vaccines are and about HPV vaccine.