Table 1 Characteristics of scale items

Attitudes to HPV testing every 4 years and after age of 25

A22. Having an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer every 4 years and after age of 25 instead of a Pap smear every year would be:

•Accurate

•Safe

•Protect my health

•Acceptable

Subjective Norms: Direct

SND 2: Most people who are important to me would think that I should have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

SND3: People who are important to me would expect me to have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

SND4. I would feel under social pressure to have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

SND4: I would feel under social pressure to have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

Subjective Norms: Indirect

SNI5. My family physician would think that I should have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear SNI6. What my family physician thinks is important to me SNI7. My friends would think that I should have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

SNI8. What my friends think is important to me

SNI9. My spouse/partner would think that I should have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

SNI10. What my spouse/partner thinks is important to me

SNI11. The BC Cancer Agency would recommend that I should have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

SNI12. What the BC Cancer Agency recommends is important to me

Role of partners

CP13. If I had a cervical cancer screening result that showed I had an HPV infection, I would feel comfortable sharing the results with my partner(s)

CP14. My spouse would be understanding if I had an HPV infection

Perceived behavioral control [22]

PBC15. I am confident that I could have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear

PBC16. For me to have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear would be

PBC17. Whether or not I would have an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear would be entirely up to me

PBC18. How much control would you have over whether you had an HPV test to screen for cervical cancer instead of a Pap smear?