title: Drive cancer out: a physician-led anti-smoking program directed at teens and adolescents.
abstract: Kentucky is among the states with the highest smoking-related mortality and youth smoking rates. Drive Cancer Out is a physician-led program that assesses and attempts to influence health literacy among Kentucky adolescents. Surveys on fifth-grade students identify social risk factors for smoking initiation and propose methods to decrease the rate of smoking among teenagers.
authors.affiliation: mbousamra@ucsamd.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bousamra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kloecker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herbig
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians; D016730:Program Development; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D040241:Social Marketing