Table 2 Structure of the questionnaires (Additional files 2 and 3)

The questionnaire is a 10-page document that was divided into 4 parts. The pre-intervention or Phase 1 questionnaire (Additional File 2) and post-intervention questionnaires for phases 2 and 4 (Additional File 3) are identical

Part 1 (Page 1 on both documents) contained the Introduction, Participant’s Information, and Consent, while Part 2 (Page 2) contained the seven major questions designed for collecting the basic demographics of the participants

Part 3 (Pages 3 to 6) explored knowledge on breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE), which were not covered in this paper

Part 4 (pages 7 to 10), which is the main focus of this paper (along with Parts 1 and 2), had 10 main questions (some with sub-components) that were designed to collect information on the General Knowledge on Cervical Cancers, Pap Smear and HPV Vaccinations, as well as Risk Factors and Symptoms. Questions 1 to 5 (Page 7) explored the General Knowledge. Question 6 (Page 8; 10 sub-questions) explored Pap Smears, Question Numbers 7 (Page 8; 14 sub-questions) looked at Risk Factors and Question 8 (Page 9; 7 sub-questions) looked at Symptoms. Knowledge questions for Pap smear (Question 9, with 10 sub-questions) and HPV (Question 10, with 9 sub-questions) were explored on pages 9 and 10, respectively