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Table 1 Sample questions from the focus group discussion guide

From: Barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening literacy among rural women with HIV attending rural public health facilities in East Central Uganda: a qualitative study using the integrated model of health literacy

Competence

Sample questions

Accessing cervical cancer screening information

• How do you access cervical cancer screening information?

• What makes it easy to access cervical cancer screening information?

• What challenges do you face with accessing cervical cancer screening information?

• How do your peers influence your ability to access cervical cancer screening information?

• How do your family members influence your ability to access cervical cancer screening information?

• How do your communities affect your ability to access cervical cancer screening information?

Understanding cervical cancer screening information

• What makes it easy for you to understand cervical cancer screening information?

• What challenges do you face with understanding cervical cancer screening information?

• How do opinions of your peers influence your ability to understand cervical cancer screening information?

• How do opinions of your family members influence your ability to understand cervical cancer screening information?

• How do your cultural norms or beliefs affect your ability to understand cervical cancer screening information?

Applying cervical cancer screening information

• How do you apply cervical cancer screening information?

• What makes it easy for you to apply cervical cancer screening information?

• What challenges do face while applying cervical cancer screening information to seek and use cervical cancer screening services?

• How do opinions of your peers influence your decision to screen for cervical cancer?

• How do opinions of your family members and relatives influence your decision to screen for cervical cancer?

• How do your cultural beliefs influence your decision to screen for cervical cancer?

• How do opinions of the people in the community you live influence your decision to screen for cervical cancer?