Table 1.

Search strategy

#	Searches
1	VAGINAL SMEARS/
2	(vagina* AND smear*).ti,ab
3	(pap AND test). ti,ab
4	cytology.ti,ab
5	(pap AND smear). ti,ab
6	(cervical adj2 (smear OR screen*)).ti,ab
7	(papanicolaou adj2 (smear OR test*)).ti,ab
8	1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7
9	(youth* or adolescen* or (young adj2 (adult* or person* or individual* or people* or population* or wom#n)) or youngster* or college* or university*).ti,ab. or adolescent/ or young adult/
10	(barrier* OR facilitator* OR perception* OR perspective* OR utilization* OR view*).ti,ab
11	8 AND 9 AND 10

Database: Ovid MEDLINE: Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE® Daily and Ovid MEDLINE®

1946—March 12 2020

Adapted for EMBASE and CINAHL