September 21, 2024Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Abstract A149: Lung cancer screening needs, barriers, and facilitators among patients and health care workers in rural areas with persistent poverty in the U.S. South

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JRJennifer RichmondUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill KFKelsey L. FettersVanderbilt University Medical Center KBKemberlee BonnetVanderbilt University

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Survey and interview assessment reveals low lung cancer screening awareness and stigma in rural persistent-poverty communities, highlighting the need for tailored education.

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Limited lung cancer screening awareness affects persistent poverty areas, where only 46% of patients knew screening existed and 52% reported smoking-related stigma.
Surveys, focus groups, and interviews evaluated smoking history awareness and screening perceptions among 21 healthcare workers and 62 rural Mississippi patients.
Highlights the need for print materials and specialist outreach to address cancer mortality risks, while overcoming clinic equipment and transportation barriers.

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Richmond et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e57c1db6db64358751b4c1 https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7755.disp24-a149

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Survey and interview assessment reveals low lung cancer screening awareness and stigma in rural persistent-poverty communities, highlighting the need for tailored education.

Abstract A149: Lung cancer screening needs, barriers, and facilitators among patients and health care workers in rural areas with persistent poverty in the U.S. South

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Abstract A149: Lung cancer screening needs, barriers, and facilitators among patients and health care workers in rural areas with persistent poverty in the U.S. South

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