title: Terminate lung cancer (TLC) study-A mixed-methods population approach to increase lung cancer screening awareness and low-dose computed tomography in Eastern Kentucky.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine/Division of Community Medicine, 2195 Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, KY, 40504-3504 USA.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardarelli
authors.affiliation: Appalachian Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Consortium, Pikeville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reese
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine/Division of Community Medicine, 2195 Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, KY, 40504-3504 USA. Electronic address: karen.roper@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Roper
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Public Health/Department of Health, Behavior, & Society, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cardarelli
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Rural Health & Kentucky Homeplace, Hazard, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Frances J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Feltner
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Science, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Studts
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Public Health/Department of Health Management and Policy, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.affiliation: The Kentucky Cancer Program, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Morehead Campus Department of Internal Medicine, Morehead, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.affiliation: University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Appalachian Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Consortium, Pikeville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Appalachia; Lung cancer; Prevention; Screening