ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2017
Lung cancer screening: what do long-term smokers know and believe?
Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 120 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Pragmatic Randomized-Controlled Trial of a Digital Outreach Intervention for Lung Cancer Screening: mPATH-Lung (Mobile Patient Technology for Health-Lung)
Leveraging Social Media to Increase Lung Cancer Screening Awareness, Knowledge and Uptake in High-Risk Populations
Assessing Social Determinants of Health to Increase Cancer Screening
LEAD Pilot Study: Leveraging the Emergency Department to Address SDOH and Reduce Lung Cancer Screening Disparities
CLEAR-LUNG (Community-Level Effectiveness to Advance Reach in Lung Cancer Screening)
Who cites it
120 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Patient barriers and facilitators to lung cancer screening uptake and intention to screen: a systematic review using the Theoretical Domains Framework.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Pooled it
- LDCT uptake and determinants of lung cancer screening in Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Lung Cancer and COPD-Related Stigma: A Systematic Review.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Participant factors associated with psychosocial impacts of lung cancer screening: A systematic review.Cancer medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Facilitators and Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening during Long COVID: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Study Synthesis of Qualitative Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- A Comparison of Web-Based Cancer Risk Calculators That Inform Shared Decision-making for Lung Cancer Screening.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Patient Adherence to Screening for Lung Cancer in the US: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Enhancement of Patient-Centered Lung Cancer Screening: The MyLungHealth Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA oncology · 2026Trial
- Supporting community translation of lung cancer screening: A web-based decision aid to support informed decision making.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- Computer-Tailored Decision Support Tool for Lung Cancer Screening: Community-Based Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT): Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Testing Targeted Invitation Materials.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Trial
- Stigma as a Social Determinant of Health: A Policy Classification Framework and Call to Action.The Milbank quarterly · 2026Article
- Patients' and Providers' Perspective of a Multi-level Approach to Improve Participation in Low-dose CT for Lung Cancer Screening (Empower LCS): A Mixed-Methods Analysis.Academic radiology · 2026Article
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- Utilizing the NIMHD framework to explore barriers and facilitators to lung cancer screening among Black adults in NYC.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Exploring Attitudes to Lung Cancer Screening in England: An Inductive Content Analysis of Online Commentary Following Media Announcement of a National Lung Cancer Screening Programme.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- "I Was Expecting the Worst": Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Lung Cancer Screening in Black and Hispanic Communities.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Knowledge and Awareness of the General Public on Lung Cancer Screening Modalities and Lung Cancer Preventive Methods in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Leveraging Social Media to Achieve Population-Level Reach of Lung Cancer Screening-Eligible Individuals: A RE-AIM Framework Perspective.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a decision quality instrument for lung cancer screening decisions (DQI-LCS).BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore knowledge and beliefs of long-term smokers about lung cancer, associated risk factors and lung cancer screening.
designQualitative study theoretically framed by the expanded Health Belief Model based on four focus group discussions. Content analysis was performed to identify themes of knowledge and beliefs about lung cancer, associated risk factors and lung cancer screening among long-term smokers' who had and had not been screened for lung cancer.
methodsTwenty-six long-term smokers were recruited; two groups (n = 9; n = 3) had recently been screened and two groups (n = 7; n = 7) had never been screened.
resultsWhile most agreed lung cancer is deadly, confusion or inaccurate information exists regarding the causes and associated risk factors. Knowledge related to lung cancer screening and how it is performed was low; awareness of long-term smoking's association with lung cancer risk remains suboptimal. Perceived benefits of screening identified include: (i) finding lung cancer early; (ii) giving peace of mind; and (iii) motivation to quit smoking. Perceived barriers to screening identified include: (i) inconvenience; (ii) distrust; and (iii) stigma.
conclusionsPerceived barriers to lung cancer screening, such as distrust and stigma, must be addressed as lung cancer screening becomes more widely implemented. Heightened levels of health-care system distrust may impact successful implementation of screening programmes. Perceived smoking-related stigma may lead to low levels of patient engagement with medical care and decreased cancer screening participation. It is also important to determine modifiable targets for intervention to enhance the shared decision-making process between health-care providers and their high-risk patients.
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