Table 3. Attitudes Towards and Knowledge of Cervical Cancer Screening at Baseline.
| All | Did not receive Pap test post intervention N=38 (%) |
Received Pap test post intervention N=124 (%) |
P Fisher’s exact test |
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| Have you ever heard of a Pap test? | ||||
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| Yes | 162 | 38 (100.0) | 124 (100) | - |
| No | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Do you think it’s necessary to have a Pap test? | ||||
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| Yes | 160 | 37 (97.4) | 123 (99.2) | .42 |
| No | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.8% | |
| Don’t Know | 1 | 1 (2.6) | 0 | |
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| A Pap test can find a problem even before it develops into cancer. | ||||
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| True | 97 | 17 (44.7) | 80 (64.5) | .05 |
| False | 61 | 20 (52.6) | 41 (33.1) | |
| Don’t know | 3 | 0 | 3 (2.4) | |
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| A Pap test is necessary even if there is no family history of cancer | ||||
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| True | 88 | 16 (42.1) | 72 (58.1) | .15 |
| False | 73 | 22 (57.9) | 51 (41.1) | |
| Don’t know | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | |
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| Having regular Pap tests would give me peace of mind about my health | ||||
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| Strongly Agree | 69 | 13 (34.2) | 56 (45.2) | .44 |
| Agree | 92 | 25 (65.8) | 67 (45.0) | |
| Don’t know | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | |
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| Getting a Pap test would only make me worry | ||||
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| Strongly Agree | 9 | 1 (2.6) | 8 (6.5) | .03 |
| Agree | 42 | 15 (39.5) | 27 (21.8) | |
| Disagree | 96 | 16 (42.1) | 80 (64.4) | |
| Strongly disagree | 14 | 6 (15.8) | 8 (6.5) | |
| Don’t know | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | |
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| The Pap test is painful | ||||
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| Strongly Agree | 0 | 0 | 0 | .06 |
| Agree | 23 | 10 (26.3) | 13 (10.5) | |
| Disagree | 125 | 24 (63.2) | 101 (81.5) | |
| Strongly disagree | 10 | 3 (7.9) | 7(5.7) | |
| Don’t know | 4 | 1 (2.6) | 3 (2.4) | |
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| Only women who have had many partners need to get a Pap test | ||||
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| True | 8 | 4 (10.5) | 4 (3.2) | .09 |
| False | 153 | 34 (89.5) | 119 (95.8) | |
| Don’t know | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| I don’t know where I could go if I wanted a Pap test | ||||
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| Strongly Agree | 5 | 1 (2.6) | 4 (3.2) | .96 |
| Agree | 50 | 12 (31.6) | 38 (30.6) | |
| Disagree | 99 | 23 (60.5) | 76 (61.3) | |
| Strongly disagree | 6 | 2 (5.3) | 4 (3.2) | |
| Don’t know | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.6) | |
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| My partner (boyfriend/husband) would not want me to have a Pap test. | ||||
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| Agree | 8 | 2 (5.3) | 6 (4.8) | .78 |
| Disagree | 137 | 34 (89.5) | 103 (83.1) | |
| Strongly disagree | 15 | 2 (5.3) | 13 (10.5) | |
| Don’t know | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | |
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| A Pap test is not important for a woman my age. | ||||
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| Strongly Agree | 6 | 1 (2.6) | 5 (4.1) | .82 |
| Agree | 22 | 6 (15.8) | 16 (12.9) | |
| Disagree | 121 | 30 (79.0) | 91 (73.3) | |
| Strongly disagree | 11 | 1 (2.6) | 10 (8.1) | |
| Don’t know | 2 | 0 | 2(1.6) | |