Table 3.
Changes in Cervical Cancer Awareness, Intentions, and Knowledge Among Karen-Burmese, Nepali-Bhutanese, and All Women (N = 40).
| Karen-Burmese (n = 20) | Nepali-Bhutanese (n = 20) | All women (N = 40) | |||||||
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| Statements | Pre-video, n (%) |
Post-video, n (%) |
p | Pre-video, n (%) |
Post-video, n (%) |
p | Pre-video, n (%) |
Post-video, n (%) |
p |
| Awareness and intentions to be screened | |||||||||
| Heard of a cervical cancer test | 16 (80) | 20 (100) | — | 7 (35) | 20 (100) | ** | 23 (58) | 40 (100) | ** |
| Heard of a Pap test | 12 (60) | 20 (100) | * | 6 (30) | 20 (100) | ** | 18 (45) | 40 (100) | ** |
| Likely to be tested | 9 (45) | 13 (65) | — | 7 (35) | 19 (95) | ** | 16 (40) | 40 (100) | ** |
| Knowledge items (correct response) | |||||||||
| A virus causes cervical cancer. (True) | 11 (55) | 19 (95) | * | 7 (35) | 17 (85) | * | 18 (45) | 36 (90) | ** |
| Cervical cancer can be prevented. (True) | 8 (40) | 20 (100) | ** | 13 (65) | 20 (100) | * | 21 (53) | 40 (100) | ** |
| Cervical cancer can never be cured. (False) | 10 (50) | 17 (85) | * | 12 (60) | 20 (100) | * | 22 (55) | 37 (93) | ** |
| Women only need to get tests to check for cervical cancer if they have symptoms. (False) | 13 (65) | 17 (85) | — | 13 (65) | 19 (95) | * | 26 (65) | 36 (90) | * |
| Women should start getting tests to check for cervical cancer when they are 21 years old. (True) | 6 (30) | 20 (100) | ** | 7 (35) | 20 (100) | ** | 13 (33) | 40 (100) | ** |
| Women can stop getting tests to check for cervical cancer when they are 50 years old. (False) | 10 (50) | 17 (85) | — | 9 (45) | 16 (80) | * | 19 (48) | 33 (83) | ** |
| Women can ask to see a female doctor when they schedule clinic appointments to get tests to check for cervical cancer. (True) | 15 (75) | 20 (100) | — | 16 (80) | 20 (100) | — | 31 (78) | 40 (100) | * |
| Women can ask to have a female interpreter when they schedule clinic appointments to get tests to check for cervical cancer. (True) | 15 (75) | 20 (100) | — | 17 (85) | 20 (100) | — | 32 (80) | 40 (100) | * |
| Clinics can never provide transportation assistance for women who have appointments to get tests to check for cervical cancer. (False) | 10 (50) | 15 (75) | — | 10 (50) | 18 (90) | * | 20 (50) | 33 (83) | ** |
| Most insurance companies will pay for tests to check for cervical cancer. (True) | 10 (50) | 18 (90) | * | 12 (60) | 20 (100) | * | 22 (55) | 38 (95) | ** |
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| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p | |
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| Knowledge score | 5.4 (3.0) | 9.2 (1.1) | ** | 5.8 (2.7) | 9.5 (0.8) | ** | 5.6 (2.8) | 9.3 (1.0) | ** |
*
Pre- and posttest difference significant at the p < .05 level.
**
Pre- and posttest difference significant at the p ≤ .001 level.