TY - JOUR
T1 - Tobacco treatment specialists’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about lung cancer screening
T2 - Potential piece of the puzzle for increasing lung cancer screening awareness
AU - Carter-Bawa, Lisa
AU - Kotsen, Chris
AU - Schofield, Elizabeth
AU - Fathi, Joelle
AU - Frederico, Victoria
AU - Walsh, Leah E.
AU - Sheffer, Christine
AU - Ostroff, Jamie S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Objectives: Less than 5% of eligible U.S. individuals undergo lung cancer screening (LCS). A significant barrier is lack of awareness; more effective outreach and education strategies are needed to achieve greater population LCS uptake. Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTSs) are an untapped resource to assist and understanding TTS knowledge and perspectives about LCS and readiness and capacity to assist is a critical first step. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study design was conducted to understand LCS knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices of TTSs. A cross-sectional survey (N = 147) was conducted supplemented with 3 focus groups (N = 12). Results: TTSs lacked good working knowledge about LCS in general and screening guidelines, but think it is important for their patient population and open to routinely assessing and adding this educational component into their current workflow. Conclusions: Tobacco treatment offers a unique venue for LCS awareness and is a setting where there are experienced specialists trained in tobacco use assessment and treatment. Results highlight the unmet training needs required to facilitate integration of tobacco treatment and LCS. Practice Implications: TTSs are an expanding healthcare workforce. There is a strong need for current TTSs to receive additional training in the benefits of LCS.
AB - Objectives: Less than 5% of eligible U.S. individuals undergo lung cancer screening (LCS). A significant barrier is lack of awareness; more effective outreach and education strategies are needed to achieve greater population LCS uptake. Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTSs) are an untapped resource to assist and understanding TTS knowledge and perspectives about LCS and readiness and capacity to assist is a critical first step. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study design was conducted to understand LCS knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices of TTSs. A cross-sectional survey (N = 147) was conducted supplemented with 3 focus groups (N = 12). Results: TTSs lacked good working knowledge about LCS in general and screening guidelines, but think it is important for their patient population and open to routinely assessing and adding this educational component into their current workflow. Conclusions: Tobacco treatment offers a unique venue for LCS awareness and is a setting where there are experienced specialists trained in tobacco use assessment and treatment. Results highlight the unmet training needs required to facilitate integration of tobacco treatment and LCS. Practice Implications: TTSs are an expanding healthcare workforce. There is a strong need for current TTSs to receive additional training in the benefits of LCS.
KW - Informed decision making, patient-clinician, communication
KW - Lung cancer screening
KW - Patient education
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107871
DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107871
M3 - Article
C2 - 37437512
SN - 0738-3991
VL - 115
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
M1 - 107871
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