Knowledge, Barriers and Motivators to Cervical Cancer Screening in Rwanda: A Qualitative Study

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Table 1 Study Themes

Themes	Knowledge	Barriers	Motivators
Sub-themes	Existence of cervical cancer	Pain, fear to know the diagnosis	Government/healthcare providers
	Existence of Prevention	Feeling exposed and discomfort	Friends/family or history of cancer
	Existence of Screening	Financial/insurance issues	Personal reason
		Other barriers (irregular services, long distance)

Table 2 Characteristics of Findings According to Themes and Sub-Theme

Theme	Subtheme	Frequency (N=30)
Knowledge about cervical cancer	Know something about cancer	25
	Do not know cancer	5
	Know something about prevention	17
	Know existence of screening	23
	Do not know existence of screening	7
Barriers to use/adoption of screening services	Pain/fear to have a bad diagnosis	26
	Administrative barrier (absence of materials)	5
	Financial barrier	18
	Lack of insurance	6
	Lack of services (Long distance)	3
	Other barrier (lack of information)	10
Motivators for use of screening services	Personal motivation (Possibility for quick recovery)	7
	Motivated by family members or friends	7
	Motivated by health care providers	8
	Government (SMS from telecommunication, Radio, TV)	12

Abbreviations: SMS, short message service; TV, television.