Table 2.

Knowledge of students in the seminar and school cohorts about risk factors, treatment and prevention of HPV and cervical cancer.

Knowledge Domain	Respondents with correct response
	Seminar Cohort					School Cohort
	Pre n = 124%		Post n = 124 %		p value	Pre n = 1337%		Post n = 1201%		p value
Awareness about CC
Ever heard of CC	18	14.5	120	96.8	< 0.0001	198	14.8	1174	97.8	< 0.0001
CC uncommon in Nigeria	92	74.2	113	91.1	< 0.0018	940	70.3	1101	91.7	< 0.0001
Causative organism
Staph aureus	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	68	5.1	1191	99.2	< 0.0001
Human Papilloma virus	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	32	2.4	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Gonorrhea	1	0.8	122	98.4	< 0.0001	37	2.8	1180	98.3	< 0.0001
Syphilis	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	97	7.3	1191	99.2	< 0.0001
Risk Factors
Multiple partners	0	0.0	109	87.9	< 0.0001	380	28.4	1101	91.7	< 0.0001
One sexual partner	0	0.0	108	87.1	< 0.0001	351	26.3	1093	91.0	< 0.0001
Presence of STI	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	99	7.4	1181	98.3	< 0.0001
Bathe with hot water	0	0.0	94	75.8	< 0.0001	365	27.3	937	78.0	< 0.0001
Susceptibility
Married women only	1	0.8	94	75.8	< 0.0001	122	9.1	910	75.8	< 0.0001
Young girls only	0	0.0	106	85.5	< 0.0001	362	27.1	1075	89.5	< 0.0001
Older women only	1	0.8	10	8.1	0.0100	186	13.9	984	81.9	< 0.0001
Those with children	0	0.0	117	94.4	< 0.0001	152	11.4	937	78.0	< 0.0001
Treatment
Antibiotics	0	0.0	109	87.9	< 0.0001	90	6.7	1117	93.0	< 0.0001
Surgery	54	43.5	118	95.2	< 0.0001	505	37.8	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Cold water bath	90	72.6	123	99.2	< 0.0001	622	46.5	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Radiotherapy	43	34.7	74	59.7	0.0001	334	25.0	1099	91.5	< 0.0001
Prevention
Abstinence	92	74.2	71	57.3	0.0073	621	46.5	616	51.3	0.1200
Pap smear	123	99.2	123	99.2	1.5020	585	43.8	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Vaccination	123	99.2	123	99.2	1.5020	460	34.4	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Better to treat than prevent	0	0.0	105	84.7	< 0.0001	437	32.7	1063	88.5	< 0.0001

Pre – Pre-training, Post – Post-training, CC – cervical cancer, STI – sexually transmitted infection, Staph – Staphylococcus.