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ArticleHealth promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals2025

Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program-It's Time to Address the Stigma in the Room.

Shiho Rose, Kathleen McFadden, Nathan J Harrison, Rachael H Dodd, Shakira Onwuka, Christine Paul, Lisa Carter-Bawa, Mark Brooke, Marianne Weber

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Article in Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shiho RoseThe Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a Joint Venture With Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7651-5076
Kathleen McFaddenThe Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a Joint Venture With Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1546-8901
Nathan J HarrisonFlinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1011-8745
Rachael H DoddThe Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a Joint Venture With Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8080-6359
Shakira OnwukaMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-6351
Christine PaulSchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-5246
Lisa Carter-BawaCenter for Discovery and Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health, Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute, Nutley, New Jersey, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6448-6033
Mark BrookeLung Foundation Australia, Milton, Queensland, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9595-3548
Marianne WeberThe Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a Joint Venture With Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-9651

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The National Lung Cancer Screening Program is commencing in Australia in July 2025. This significant public health initiative will maximise earlier detection of lung cancer and improve outcomes for many Australians. However, the adoption of a screening program for a disease that is stigmatised, given the known links between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, creates barriers for participation. In this perspective, we argue the need to challenge public rhetoric around smoking being a 'choice' and the importance of dialogue that is free of judgement and blame towards individuals. We briefly examine initiatives that have been implemented to reduce public stigma and highlight the multi-level considerations to ensure that everyone, regardless of having smoked or not, receives the quality care and support that they deserve.

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Early Detection of CancerLung NeoplasmsMass ScreeningSocial StigmaAustraliaHumansSmokingcancer screeningHealth promotionlung cancerstigmatobacco

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PMID39910978
PMCPMC11799825

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