Project ENGAGE: Training TTSs on Use of a Patient Decision Aid on Lung Cancer Screening.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
NAQC is excited to announce that our work on lung cancer screening (LCS)
continues with the newly PCORI-funded Project
ENGAGE: Training TTSs on use of a Patient Decision Aid on Lung Cancer Screening.
Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low dose computed tomography has the potential
to save 12,000 lives in the U.S. each year, but a very low proportion of people
who are eligible for screening receive it. Tobacco treatment specialists
(TTSs), based in quitline and community settings, work with many people who use
tobacco and who are eligible for lung cancer screening. They are well
positioned to increase awareness and assist their clients in making well
informed decisions about screening.
During the course of Project ENGAGE, we will draw on several existing resources
to develop a new on-line training module for TTSs, providing a learning
opportunity on LCS, an effective patient decision aid, and the process of
shared decision making. NAQC’s project partners include the University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, the American College of
Chest Physicians, The Association for Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence,
the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs, a quitline client who
received services from a TTS, and members of the North American Quitline
Consortium. These partners comprise a 14-member Project ENGAGE Advisory Group.
NAQC will provide more details as Project ENGAGE work progresses. Meanwhile,
please contact Christine Clements Stein, PhD, MPH, NAQC’s Senior Program
Manager for Project ENGAGE, with any questions at cstein@naquitline.org.
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