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Comparing Ways to Promote Quitting Smoking for People Referred for Lung Cancer Screenings

  • Funded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $491,910

  • Funder

    Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

  • Principal Investigator

    MD. Scott Halpern

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Community engagement

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The enhancement to this project addresses maintenance of preventive health services during the pandemic, specifically identifying challenges and facilitators of engaging with smoking cessation programs and lung cancer screening, which cannot be provided by telehealth. Interventions can be compared in head-to-head comparative effectiveness research to inform decision making regarding engaging patients in preventive health care. The pandemic is affecting access to lung cancer screening more than other types of services more amenable to telehealth delivery, thereby potentially increasing disparities in health because the target population has higher prevalence of smoking and lung cancer.