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Terminate Lung Cancer (Tlc) Study—A Mixed-Methods Population Approach To Increase Lung Cancer Screening Awareness And Low-Dose Computed Tomography In Eastern Kentucky, Roberto Cardarelli, David Reese, Karen L. Roper, Kathryn Cardarelli, Frances J. Feltner, Jamie L. Studts, Jennifer R. Knight, Debra Armstrong, Anthony D. Weaver, Dana Shaffer
Terminate Lung Cancer (Tlc) Study—A Mixed-Methods Population Approach To Increase Lung Cancer Screening Awareness And Low-Dose Computed Tomography In Eastern Kentucky, Roberto Cardarelli, David Reese, Karen L. Roper, Kathryn Cardarelli, Frances J. Feltner, Jamie L. Studts, Jennifer R. Knight, Debra Armstrong, Anthony D. Weaver, Dana Shaffer
Family and Community Medicine Faculty Publications
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.