Table 2.

Breast and cervical cancer screening knowledge assessments script.^a

Knowledge of breast cancer	Knowledge of cervical cancer
Script: “A mammogram is a machine that looks for cancer in your body. Here is a picture of a mammogram machine. Today I am pretending to go to the doctor’s office and will be asked to get a mammogram.” (Show image)	Script: “Here is a picture of an exam table I would lay down on to get a Pap testb. Today I am pretending to go to the doctor’s office and will be asked to get a Pap test.” (Show image)
“Think back to a time that you went to the doctor’s office. Now, I want you to pretend that you are at the doctor’s office with me. I need your help in understanding what the doctor is asking me to do. Thank you for helping me.”	“Think back to a time that you went to the doctor’s office. Now, I want you to pretend that you are at the doctor’s office with me. I need your help in understanding what the doctor is asking me to do. Thank you for helping me.”
“Do your best. If you don’t know the answer it is okay.”	“Do your best. If you don’t know the answer it is okay.”
“Please make sure you help me on your own, do not have your family or others help you.”	“Please make sure you help me on your own, do not have your family or others help you.”

^aQuestions regarding knowledge of breast cancer were adapted from the Mammography Preparedness Measure [52], and cervical cancer knowledge questions were modeled on these questions.

^bPap test: Papanicolaou.