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Understanding mobile phone ownership, use, and willingness to receive short message service (SMS) messages is essential for designing SMS-based mobile health interventions to improve BC awareness and uptake of clinical breast examinations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine mobile phone ownership, usage patterns, and willingness to receive SMS-based BC information among women in rural Ghana to inform the development of a future SMS-based mobile health intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analyzed data from 708 women aged \u226525 years who participated in a community-based cross-sectional survey conducted in 14 rural communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and Firth\u2019s penalized logistic regression were performed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mobile phone ownership was high (98.2%), and most women stated the willing to receive SMS messages about BC (93.9%) and clinical breast examination appointments (93.8%). Respondents who anticipated an early (same-day) response to messages had 13.91 times higher odds of being willing to receive text messages about breast cancer and screening (AOR = 13.91; 95%CI: 6.11, 31.65; p &lt; 0.001) and 9.58 times higher odds of being willing to receive reminders for setting up CBE appointments (AOR = 9.58; 95%CI: 4.44, 20.66; p &lt; 0.001) compared to late responders. Additionally, being comfortable with reading and receiving SMS was significantly associated with a willingness to receive general breast cancer texts (AOR = 10.93; 95%CI: 1.01, 117.70; p = 0.049).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>High mobile phone ownership and willingness to receive SMS messages suggest that SMS-based mobile health interventions may be a feasible strategy for promoting BC awareness and clinical breast examination in rural Ghana. 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