Table 2.

Knowledge items responses of HIV positive women attending adult ART clinic in Public Health Facilities, Hawassa town, Ethiopia, 2019

Knowledge items		Frequency	Percentage
Risk factors	Unsafe sexual practice	132	38.6
	Sexually transmitted infections	129	37.7
	Having multiple sexual partner	97	28.4
	Smoking	70	20.5
	Early sexual activity	49	14.3
	Prolonged use of oral contraceptive	11	3.2
	Do not know	87	25.4
Sign and symptoms of cervical cancer	Pelvic pain	140	40.9
	foul smelling vaginal discharges	136	39.8
	post coital bleeding	74	21.6
	Lengthy menstruation	46	13.5
	pain during sex	24	7.0
	Inter menstrual bleeding	11	3.2
	Do not know	130	38.0
Prevention methods	Cervical cancer screening	161	47.1
	Consistent condom use	114	33.3
	Treatment of STIs	62	18.1
	Reduce sexual partner	59	17.3
	Late marriage	31	9.1
	Vaccination	12	3.5
	Do not know	88	25.7
Benefit of screening	Early detection	217	63.5
	Early treatment	89	26.0
	Early diagnosis	62	18.1
	Decreasing chances of an abortion	4	1.2
	Do not know	25	13.2