Developing a culturally tailored short message service (SMS) intervention for improving the uptake of cervical cancer screening among Ghanaian women in urban communities

Table 3 Reported knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening (N = 130)

Characteristics	Communities		Banks		Total	%	Chi-value	p value
Characteristics	No	%	No	%	Total	%	Chi-value	p value
Heard of cervical cancer?							4.3	0.04
Yes	45	66.2	51	82.3	96	73.9
No	23	33.8	11	17.7	34	26.2
Total	68	100	62	100	130	100.1
Reported knowledge of causes/risk factors							3.7	0.05
Yes	11	24.4	22	43.1	33	34.4
No	34	75.6	29	56.9	63	65.6
Total	45	100	51	100	96	100
Reported knowledge cervical cancer prevention							0.0637	0.801
Yes	17	37.8	18	35.3	35	36.5
No	28	62.2	33	64.7	61	63.5
Total	45	100	51	100	96	100
Heard of pap smear or VIA test?							2.96	0.086
Yes	13	19.1	20	32.3	33	25.4
No	55	80.9	42	67.7	97	74.6
Total	68	100	62	100	130	100
Necessary to go for pap smear or VIA test?								0.723*
Yes	11	84.6	18	90	29	87.9
No	0	0	1	5	1	3
Do Not Know	2	15.4	1	5	3	9.1
Total	13	100	20	100	33	100
Intend to do pap smear or VIA test?								0.266*
Yes	8	61.5	17	85	25	75.8
No	2	15.4	2	10	4	12.1
Undecided	3	23.1	1	5	4	12.1
Total		100	20	100	33	100
Knowledge of place to do pap smear or VIA test?								0.659*
Yes	10	76.9	17	85	27	81.8
No	3	23.1	3	15	6	18.2
Total	13	100	20	100	33	100
Knowledge of cost of pap smear or VIA test?								1.000*
Yes	3	23.1	4	20	7	21.2
No	10	76.9	16	80	26	78.8

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