title: Lung cancer in African-Americans.
abstract: Lung cancer is the most preventable cancer death, yet African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately from the disease. Lung cancer kills more African-Americans than any other cancer and most lung cancers are smoking-related. This paper will present an overview of the state of the nursing science on lung cancer, as well as pertinent lung cancer statistics risk factors myths and facts, health beliefs, and psychosocial factors that influence morbidity, mortality, smoking behaviors, and smoking cessation. Strategies for addressing community and professional education as well as advocacy for tobacco control, smoking prevention, and smoking cessation are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Howard University, College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences in Washington, DC 20059, USA. pgreen@howard.edu
authors.forename: Pauline M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology