Nicola West
Biographic Data
| ID | 7751079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola West |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | West |
| SIGNATURE | WEST N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9127-5530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Challenging the assumption that experience- and training-related factors improve accuracy of cervical cancer screening image interpretation
Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA), although recognized as inaccurate, remains widely used for cervical screening in low-resource settings. Training and image review by more experienced providers − such as the smartphone-enhanced VIA (SEVIA) in Tanzania − are assumed to improve VIA performance, but remain untested against a reference standard of disease. Between June and December 2023, 486 VIA providers in Tanzania completed a…
Adapting a Stigma-Reduction Workshop for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Contraceptive Stigma in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Background Although contraception is free of charge in Tanzania, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) often avoid seeking services due to stigma and moral judgments around adolescent sexuality. Existing stigma-reduction programs in Tanzania primarily target HIV-related stigma in clinical settings and have not been tailored to the unique social context of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and contraceptive stigma in youth populations. Object…
In the Village That She Comes from, Most of the People Don’t Know Anything about Cervical Cancer”
Our results demonstrate that there is a low level of knowledge of the role of screening and preventive services among stakeholders, HCPs, and women living in rural and semi-rural locations in Tanzania. There is a critical need to implement more initiatives and programs to increase the uptake of screening and related services and allow women to make more informed decisions on their health
An Implementation Evaluation of the Smartphone-Enhanced Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (Sevia) Program for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Urban and Rural Tanzania
SEVIA is a practical and feasible mobile health intervention and tool that is easily integrated into the National CCS program to enhance the quality of care
Inequalities in oral health
Our exploratory analysis shows the disproportionate economic burden of caries in the most deprived groups and highlights the significant opportunity to reduce direct costs via levelling-up preventive measures. The healthcare burden stems from a higher baseline caries experience and greater annual progression rates in the most deprived. Therefore, preventive measures should be start early, with a focus on lowering early childhood caries and contin…
Household, community, sub-national and country-level predictors of primary cooking fuel switching in nine countries from the Pure study
The importance of community and sub-national factors relative to household characteristics in determining polluting-to-clean fuel switching varied dramatically across the nine countries examined. This highlights the potential importance of national and other contextual factors in shaping large-scale clean cooking transitions among rural communities in low- and middle-income countries
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Household, community, sub-national and country-level predictors of primary cooking fuel switching in nine countries from the Pure study
The importance of community and sub-national factors relative to household characteristics in determining polluting-to-clean fuel switching varied dramatically across the nine countries examined. This highlights the potential importance of national and other contextual factors in shaping large-scale clean cooking transitions among rural communities in low- and middle-income countries
In the Village That She Comes from, Most of the People Don’t Know Anything about Cervical Cancer”
Our results demonstrate that there is a low level of knowledge of the role of screening and preventive services among stakeholders, HCPs, and women living in rural and semi-rural locations in Tanzania. There is a critical need to implement more initiatives and programs to increase the uptake of screening and related services and allow women to make more informed decisions on their health
An Implementation Evaluation of the Smartphone-Enhanced Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (Sevia) Program for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Urban and Rural Tanzania
SEVIA is a practical and feasible mobile health intervention and tool that is easily integrated into the National CCS program to enhance the quality of care
Inequalities in oral health
Our exploratory analysis shows the disproportionate economic burden of caries in the most deprived groups and highlights the significant opportunity to reduce direct costs via levelling-up preventive measures. The healthcare burden stems from a higher baseline caries experience and greater annual progression rates in the most deprived. Therefore, preventive measures should be start early, with a focus on lowering early childhood caries and contin…
Challenging the assumption that experience- and training-related factors improve accuracy of cervical cancer screening image interpretation
Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA), although recognized as inaccurate, remains widely used for cervical screening in low-resource settings. Training and image review by more experienced providers − such as the smartphone-enhanced VIA (SEVIA) in Tanzania − are assumed to improve VIA performance, but remain untested against a reference standard of disease. Between June and December 2023, 486 VIA providers in Tanzania completed a…
Adapting a Stigma-Reduction Workshop for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Contraceptive Stigma in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Background Although contraception is free of charge in Tanzania, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) often avoid seeking services due to stigma and moral judgments around adolescent sexuality. Existing stigma-reduction programs in Tanzania primarily target HIV-related stigma in clinical settings and have not been tailored to the unique social context of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and contraceptive stigma in youth populations. Object…
Medicine (4 works) · Cervical cancer (3 works) · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Tanzania (3 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works)