“…Failure to receive cervical cancer screening is attributable to multiple interrelated reasons, including personal factors (e.g., fear of pain, embarrassment, threat to virginity, anxiety, inadequate knowledge, lack of time, misperception of risk), cultural factors (e.g., provider gender, acculturation, meaning of preventive medicine), religious factors, and systemic factors (e.g., lack of insurance, poverty, immigration status, geographic isolation, lack of providers, length of stay in the United States) (Daley et al, 2011; Johnson et al, 2008; Lee & Carvallo, 2014). …”