ArticleEcancermedicalscience2025
Feasibility of incorporating the Pocket colposcope into nurse-led cervical cancer screening programs in Western Kenya.
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- Integrating pocket colposcope and telecolposcopy into VIA-based screening at primary healthcare centers for cervical cancer prevention in LMICs.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Integrated HPV Testing, TCT, and Colposcopic VIA/VILI Improves Detection Rate for HSIL and Cervical Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort in China.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The use of handheld colposcopy in nurse-led cervical cancer screening programs could enhance screening quality and diagnostic accuracy, especially in high-burden regions like sub-Saharan Africa. This study assessed the feasibility of using the Pocket colposcope (Calla Health Foundation, Durham, NC) among healthcare providers in western Kenya. Feasibility was defined in terms of acceptability and image quality. A mixed-methods approach was employed, involving healthcare providers from three clinics offering cervical cancer screening. These providers used the Pocket colposcope more than once within 2 months of the survey. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore provider experiences and the device's acceptability, which was measured using Likert scale questions based on Sekhon's Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA). This framework evaluates affective attitude, burden, ethicality, perceived effectiveness, intervention coherence, self-efficacy and opportunity cost. Additionally, expert gynecologists assessed the quality of cervical images from visual inspection with acetic acid and/or human papillomavirus-positive patients (
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