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Data were collected using a carefully developed and validated questionnaire. Results: A total of 359 participants were included in the study, with a mean age of 38.99 \u00b1 10.53. Participants demonstrated fair knowledge of CC risk factors (4.77 \u00b1 2.85 out of 11). Among the participants, 73.5% had heard of the cervical smear test; however, only 12.8% had actually undergone the test, with a mean total number of smear tests performed of 1.48 \u00b1 0.79 and the mean age at the time of the first test was 32.5 \u00b1 7.89. Conclusions: Refugee women have a fair level of knowledge of CC risk factors but are unmotivated to have a Pap smear test to screen for CC. 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