Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Evaluating the Effect of an educationa l program on incre asing cervical cancer screening 
behavior am ong rural women in Guilan, Iran  
 
Version: 1 Date: 04 Apr 2020  
Reviewer : Towhid  Babazadeh  
Reviewer's report:   
Evaluating the Effect of an educational program on increasin g cervical cancer screening behavior 
among rural women in Guilan, Iran  
 
1. The manuscript requires English editing.  
2. In the introduction section, page 2, line 51, the citation must be corrected.  
3. In the introduction section, page 3, line 1, "The test  should be conducted every three 
years in sexually active women". This sentence not clear.   
4. In the methods section, page 3, line 9, specify the type of sampling.  
5. To each of the constructs, written a sample.   
6. Age range 20 -65 is as one of the inc lusion criteria. Why?  
7. What information was obtained in the pre -test phase?  
8. I suggest that training sessions be presented regularly in a table.  
9. "The marriage age of the majority of women in the experiment (85%) and control 
(88.8%) groups was above 17 years old"; this is inconsistent with inclusion criteria.  
10. Conclusion section is weak.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supporte d by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please spec ify what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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