Reviewer’s report
Title: 
The Effect of Educational Program Based on Beliefs, Subjective Norms
and Perceived Behavior Control on Doing Pap-smear Test in Sample of Iranian
Women
Version: 
2 
Date: 
08 May 2021
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
The manuscript is now considerably improved, though it still needs some
refinement before publication.
The manuscript needs language editing. 
The questionnaire with Likert scale answers should be published as supplement.
Abstract needs to be reviewed and aligned according to the improvements of the
main text (for example, it still says quasi-experimental study).
Line 22: "Delay of progression" 
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usually, the term "delay" is used related to
"delay in diagnosis" or "delay in treatment", and screening does not delay
progression of the cancer. Please correct.
Introduction
For epidemiological data, please use evidence from primary data sources, as was
suggested in the first review (For cancer burden of disease data, I suggest to use
the following reference https://gco.iarc.fr. Preferably, most recent primary data
sources should be used). This has not been corrected. When you report
epidemiological data, you should always state to which population it refers
(globally, in Africa, in Iran etc.).
Line 48: Replace "and so on" with "among others".
Lines 48-49: Replace "cost-effectiveness" with "cost-effective".
Conclusion
"Promoting adherence" can be understood in various ways. Term "adherence" is
usually used in the meaning of "adherence to treatment" related to chronic
diseases therapy. My understanding of term "adherence" in context of cervical
cancer screening would be related to repetitive participation in the screening
program, having Pap smear test every three years - which this study cannot
show. Therefore, I suggest to use "promoting participation" instead.
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