Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Using the health belief model to assess beliefs and behaviors r egarding cervical cancer 
screening among Saudi women: A cross -sectional observational study  
 
Version: 0 Date: 19 Sep 2018  
 
Reviewer: Vanja Berggren  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Dear authors,  
 
This is a very interesting  manuscript, with findings important to publish.  
My only concern was about the selection of the participants, both if there w ere any patient group 
or just random from all patients  and I wonder if this could be described more detailed in the 
methods  and discussed  more before the conclusions. However the authors have reflected on the 
urban well educated  sample and I would say this  is enough.  
On the other hand, 42% of the participants perceived "belief of destiny" as a challenge, that not is 
reflected more upon. Could this affect the possible enrolled  in a national screening program?  
The conclusions are as they are written well enou gh for publishing and my comments to be 
considered or not by the authors.  
 
Best wishes,  
Vanja Berggren  
Associate Prof Public health  
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
  
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Acceptable  
 
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