Table 2.

Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, acceptability, and screen evaluation: the app’s content and features (themes and subthemes).

Themes	Subthemes	Subtheme definition
Knowledge
	Lack of information	The questions and concerns the women expressed during FGsa that showed a lack of general knowledge of HPVb and CCc prevention
	Partial or incorrect information about HPV transmission	The questions and statements the women expressed during FGs that showed incomplete or incorrect information about HPV transmission
	Information needs: nature of HPV	The questions and concerns the women expressed during FGs regarding the nature of HPV (“What kind of disease is it?”)
	Information needs: symptomatology	The questions and concerns the women expressed during FGs regarding possible HPV symptoms
	Information needs: prognosis	The questions and concerns the women expressed during FGs regarding the forecasting of the probable course of HPV and the chances of recovery
	Information needs: who is at risk for HPV?	The questions and concerns the women expressed during FGs regarding who is at risk for HPV (what kind of person or age/gender/sexual behavior profile)
	Information needs: follow-up medical procedures	The questions and concerns the women expressed during FGs regarding the follow-up medical procedures required after an HPV-positive result
HPV beliefs
	Only affects young people	Narratives showing women’s perceptions on HPV as a disease that only affects young people
	Is only transmitted via heterosexual intercourse	Narratives showing women’s perceptions on HPV as a disease that is only transmitted in heterosexual intercourse
	HPV and cancer as dormant diseases	Narratives showing women’s perceptions on the asymptomatic nature of HPV linked with the idea of cancer as a dormant disease
Attitudes
	An HPV-positive result causes conflicts with partner over infidelity.	Emotional reactions related to the HPV-positive results (such as anger) that may cause conflict with partners due to suspicions of infidelity
	An HPV-positive result causes fear of consequences in sexual intercourse.	Narratives around fear of having consequences in sexual intercourse due to HPV-positive results (such as feel pain or discomfort)
	An HPV-positive result causes concerns on infertility.	Narratives around concerns that HPV causes infertility
	An HPV-positive result causes distress.	Narratives around concerns due to distress caused by an HPV-positive result
App acceptability	Trust	Reactions to the app in terms of acceptability and the criteria to be considered trustworthy
Welcome screen	App preferences identity: age/gender	Preferences around the app’s character identity in terms of age and gender
Onboarding screen	Reactions: confusion	Women’s comments, concerns, and questions that showed the confusion produced by the Onboarding screen
Contents Menu screen	Reactions: positively evaluated content	Reaction expressed in terms of approving the displayed content
Information screen	Reactions: positively evaluated content	Reaction expressed in terms of approving the displayed content
Myths and Facts screen (Emotional Support module)
	Accepts the Myths and Facts screen	Reaction expressed in terms of approving the displayed content
	Rejects the Myths and Facts screen	Reaction expressed in terms of rejecting the displayed content (includes other reactions such as confusion or misunderstanding of the displayed content)
Things to Make You Feel Better screen (Emotional Support module)
	Preferred activity: listening to other women	The main activities the women preferred from a list of displayed options
	Preferred activity: sharing with other women	The main activities the women preferred from a list of displayed options
	Dismissed activities	The activities dismissed as app features
Step by Step - Helpful Information screen (Practical Support module)
	Reminder to make an appointment	App features proposed/accepted as practical support
	Results availability reminder	App features proposed/accepted as practical support
	Reminder of having an appointment	App features proposed/accepted as practical support
	Directory	App features proposed/accepted as practical support
General app design
	Communication style	Preferences on the app’s contents communication style (how it should be)
	Contents organization: screen flow	Preferences and suggestions on the app’s screens sequence (order in which screens must be displayed in the app according to its content)
	Formats preferences: videos	Preferences on the app’s content formats
	Formats preferences: multiple formats for accessibility	Preferences on the app’s content formats
	Formats preferences: images/photographs	Preferences on the app’s content formats

^aFG: focus group.

^bHPV: human papillomavirus.

^cCC: cervical cancer.