Table 3 Participants’ awareness, knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and uptake of cervical screening at post intervention

Ever heard of cervical cancer

325 (100.0%)

45 (15.6%)

p < 0.0001*

Ever heard of cervical screening

325 (100.0%)

31 (10.7%)

p < 0.0001*

Ever had cervical screening

27 (8.3%)

11 (3.8%)

p = 0.0281*

Willingness to have cervical screening

300 (92.3%)

270 (93.4%)

P = 0.6402*

Mean knowledge score

25.69 (SD = 6.20)^α

2.22 (SD = 6.04)^α

t = 47.391 (df = 612)

p < 0.0001

Mean perception score

4.43 (SD = 0.92)^α

1.17 (SD = 0.88)^α

t = 44.7316 (df = 612)

p < 0.0001