Abstract
Objective: Women's awareness of gynecological cancers is important for early diagnosis and screening. Health responsibility and health literacy can affect gynecological cancer awareness. Therefore, in this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between women's gynecological cancer awareness and health responsibility and health literacy. 
 Methods: The study was designed as cross-sectional. Data were collected from 409 women aged 20-65 working in university units in Turkey between February 2021 and May 2021. In data collection, demographic information, obstetric, gynecologic, and general health characteristics of women, the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale (GCAS), the Turkish Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32) and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II/ Health Responsibility Subscale were used. Descriptive, comparative and multiple regression analyzes were conducted. 
 Results: The total mean score of GCAS was 158.65±16.01 and 8.3% of the participants had insufficient health literacy. A significant regression model, F (df1=14, df2=394) =10.849, p< .001, and 25% of the variance in the dependent variable (R2adjusted = .25) was found to be explained by the independent variables. In the model, the variables that predict and contribute most to women's awareness of gynecological cancer are health responsibility (β= .21, t (394) = 4.35, p< .01), and THLS-32 (β= .20, t(394)= 4.33 , p< .01). 
 Conclusions: As a result, it is important to consider especially health responsibility and health literacy levels while developing intervention programs for women's awareness of gynecological cancer.
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