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Table 5 Facilitators of cervical cancer screening tests   (N = 33)

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

Characteristic

Freq

Percent

Family history

1

3.0

Doctor’s recommendation

3

9.1

Cervical awareness education

12

36.4

Cervical awareness education and showing signs and symptoms of the disease

1

3.0

Cervical awareness and having multiple sexual partners

1

3.0

High income

1

3.0

Showing signs and symptoms

2

6.1

Availability of time

1

3.0

Multiple sexual partners

1

3.0

To know my status

6

18.2

Others

4

12.1

Total

33

100.0