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cervical cancer leading cause cancer among women low middleincome countries women rwanda high rates cervical cancer due limited access effective screening methods research lowresource settings similar rwanda shown hpvbased selfcollection effective cervical cancer screening method study aims compare preferences rwandan women urban rural settings toward selfcollection report factors related selfcollection amenability crosssectional survey conducted june 19 2022 women recruited one urban one rural clinic rwanda women eligible study 18 years spoke kinyarwanda english survey consisted 51 questions investigating demographics attitudes towards selfcollection cervical cancer screening reported descriptive statistics stratified urban rural sites total 169 urban 205 rural women completed survey majority respondents sites primary school lower education relationship urban rural respondents open selfcollection however rates higher rural site 799 urban 956 rural pvalue0001 similarly women rural areas likely report feeling unembarrassed selfcollection 653 urban 768 rural pvalue0001 notably almost urban rural respondents 976 urban 985 rural stated would go cervical cancer pelvic examination nearby health center selfcollected results indicated concern pvalue 0731 rwandan women urban rural areas largely support selfcollection cervical cancer screening research needed better understand implement selfcollection screening services rwanda