Aygun, OlguGokdemir, OzdenBulut, UlkuYaprak, SevalOzcakar, Nilgun2023-06-162023-06-1620201305-6441https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0023https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/420332https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/2420Objective: To evaluate women's beliefs about screening Pap smear test. Material and Method: The survey has been conducted through a questionnaire prepared by researchers, based on the Health Belief Model Scale for the Pap smear test. The participants consisted of 266 women between 18-70 years of age registered at a Family Health Center in Izmir. Their beliefs about screening Pap smear test were evaluated using the Health Belief Model Scale. Results: The mean age of first sexual intercourse was 21.67 +/- 4.5 (min:13--max:45 years), 86.5% reported a single partner and 41.0% of them (n=109) had never undergone a Pap smear test. Women who previously had a Pap smear test had high scores of sensitivity, seriousness, advantage and motivation, health motivation subscales, but the mean scores for obstacles were low. There was a difference between seriousness, health motivation subscales and taking the Pap smear test (p=0.021, p=0.006). The Mean scores of seriousness and health motivation of Health Belief Model Scale were higher. There was no difference between education level, working status and undergoing a Pap test (p>0.05). Conclusion: Having a Pap smear test is still moderately frequent and there are obstacles. Planning the interventions to eliminate Pap smear test barriers is an important issue for family physicians.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHealth behaviourhealth beliefcervical smearCervical-CancerKnowledgeBehaviorArticle10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0023