Table 5.

Facilitators of a positive decision to have a Pap test

Category	Sample quotes
Perceptions about cervical cancer and being a mother	A Belief that Cervical Cancer Will Be Cured If Detected Early:Many people say if you get diagnosed at an earlier stage, cervical cancer can be cured and you can get better faster. So, I get myself tested to examine my health [Screener].
	Fear about Cervical Cancer:Cancer is terrifying. That's why I should go [Screener].
	Mother Should Be Healthy:I need to think of my children… I need to take care of myself to live happily ever after with my children [Screener].I'm a wife and a mother and I believe the happiness of my family depends on my health. So I feel the responsibility to stay healthy [Under screener].
Peer pressure to get a Pap test	I may take courage to have a Pap test if a group of women… like 15 women goes to clinics at the same time [Never screener].

OB/GYN, obstetrics and gynaecology.