Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women participating in
the study
Variable Intervention
(n = 15)
Control
(n = 31)
p valuea
Education
Elementary 11 25 0.63
Secondary 4 5
College 0 1
Marital status
Married 14 28 0.19
Separated 0 3
Single 1 0
Religion
Catholic 12 28 0.41
Christian 2 1
Other 1 1
None 0 1
Occupation
Homemaker 13 16 0.03
Employee 2 15
Economic renumeration
Yes 1 14 0.22
No 1 1
Enrolled in health plan
IMSS 1 9 0.19
ISSSTE 0 2
SEDENA 0 1
None 7 9
Affiliation
Public Health Insurance (Seguro
Popular)
6 9 1.00
Oportunidades Program 1 1
Do you know Sta. Ma. Health clinic?
Yes 15 27 0.29
No 0 4
Have you had a Pap?
Yes 10 21 1.00
No 5 10
What age did you have your first Pap?
Don’t remember 0 2 1.00
25 years 5 9
25 years or older 5 10
When was your last Pap?b
1 year 1 6 0.51
1 year ago 2 4
2 years ago 1 5
3 years ago 2 2
[3 years ago 4 4
Table 1 continued
Variable Intervention
(n = 15)
Control
(n = 31)
p valuea
Where did you have your last Pap?b
Private 2 9 0.32
Sta. Ma. health clinic 5 3
ISSSTE 2 1
IMSS 2 2
Otro 2 3
a Fisher’s exact test
b Information from post-test
Table 2 Results, by item, from the self-efficacy scale administered to
women 25–40 years of age, in the northwest zone, Santa Marý´a Ahuacatitla
´n, Morelos
Variable Pretest Postest p value
1. How sure are you that you can discuss
having a Pap test with your health-care
provider even if (s) he does not bring it
up?
3.93 3.89 0.47a
2. How sure are you that you can
Schedule a Pap test appointment and
keep it?
3.61 3.67 0.50b
3. How sure are you that you can keep
having a Pap tests even if you had to go
to a new office to get one?
3.39 3.61 0.11b
4. How sure are you that you can ask
your primary care physician for a
referral to get a Pap test?
4.00 3.91 0.04b
5. How sure are you that you can go to
get your next Pap test?
3.65 3.76 0.45b
6. How sure are you that you can get a
Pap test even if you are worried that it
will be painful?
3.54 3.83 0.00b
7. How sure are you that you can get a
Pap test even if a friend discouraged
you from having one?
4.07 4.02 0.67a
8. How sure are you that you can get a
Pap test even if you had to pay for it?