ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2017
Attitudes towards lung cancer screening in socioeconomically deprived and heavy smoking communities: informing screening communication.
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 trial NCT04083859 (A Pragmatic Randomized-Controlled Trial of a Digital Outreach Intervention for Lung Cancer Screening), which is not on this map. Cited by 101 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Pragmatic Randomized-Controlled Trial of a Digital Outreach Intervention for Lung Cancer Screening: mPATH-Lung (Mobile Patient Technology for Health-Lung)
Who cites it
101 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
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- Exploring Whether and How People Experiencing High Deprivation Access Diagnostic Services: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 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
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- Impact of a Lung Cancer Screening Information Film on Informed Decision-making: A Randomized Trial.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2019Trial
- Patient navigation for lung cancer screening among current smokers in community health centers a randomized controlled trial.Cancer medicine · 2018Trial
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- Māori perspectives on a potential low dose CT lung cancer screening programme in Aotearoa New Zealand: results of a mixed-method cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 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
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- Disparities in Thoracic Oncology Patients.Cancers · 2026Review
- Independent Predictors Associated with Patient Refusal of Invasive Diagnostic Procedures After Positive LDCT Lung Cancer Screening.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Using AI to Design and Develop Online Educational Modules to Enhance Lung Cancer Screening Uptake Among High-Risk Individuals.Cancers · 2026Article
- Understanding lung cancer screening motivation: cognitive, affective, and thought-based predictors in a UK screening-eligible sample.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026Article
- Area-level socioeconomic deprivation and cause-specific survival after lung cancer diagnosis: a population-based cohort study in Naples, Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile discussion continues over the future implementation of lung cancer screening, low participation from higher risk groups could limit the effectiveness of any national screening programme.
objectivesTo compare smokers' beliefs about lung cancer screening with those of former and never smokers within a low socioeconomic status (SES) sample, to explore the views of lower SES smokers and ex-smokers in-depth, and to provide insights into effective engagement strategies. DESIGN, SETTING AND
participantsUsing proactive, community-based recruitment methods, we surveyed 175 individuals from socioeconomically deprived communities with high smoking prevalence and subsequently interviewed 21 smokers and ex-smokers. Participants were approached in community settings or responded to a mail-out from their housing association.
resultsInterviewees were supportive of screening in principle, but many were doubtful about its ability to deliver long-term survival benefit for their generation of "heavy smokers." Lung cancer was perceived as an uncontrollable disease, and the survey data showed that fatalism, worry and perceived risk of lung cancer were particularly high among smokers compared with non-smokers. Perceived blame and stigma around lung cancer as a self-inflicted smokers' disease were implicated by interviewees as important social deterrents of screening participation. The belief that lungs are not a treatable organ appeared to be a common lay explanation for poor survival and undermined the potential value of screening.
conclusionsAttitudes towards screening among this high-risk group are complex. Invitation strategies need to be carefully devised to achieve equitable participation in screening.
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