Abstract
For low dose CT lung cancer screening to be effective in curbing disease mortality, efforts are needed to overcome barriers to awareness and facilitate uptake of the current evidence-based screening guidelines. A sequential mixed-methods approach was employed to design a screening campaign utilizing messages developed from community focus groups, followed by implementation of the outreach campaign intervention in two high-risk Kentucky regions. This study reports on rates of awareness and screening in intervention regions, as compared to a control region.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cancer Epidemiology |
Volume | 46 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science: Appalachian Translational Research Network Grants Program, with support from National Institutes of Health [Center for Research Resources & National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences]. Additional funding was provided by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords
- Appalachia
- Lung cancer
- Prevention
- Screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Oncology
- Cancer Research