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. 2020 Jun 6;11:2150132720930544. doi: 10.1177/2150132720930544

Table 3.

Summary of Barriers, Facilitators, and Suggested Interventions Related to Lung Cancer Screening (LCS), as Identified by Study Participants.

Barriers to LCS Facilitators of LCS Suggested interventions
Lack of knowledge about LCS, including screening method, locations, eligibility criteria, and insurance coverage
Not receiving information or recommendation from a healthcare provider
Lack of transportation
Low motivation to know the screening results
Feeling healthy (no symptoms)
Barrier to annual screening: Receiving a negative or false-positive screening result
Receiving a screening recommendation from a healthcare provider
High motivation to know the screening results
Facilitator of annual screening: Receiving a true-positive resulta
Promoting provider understanding and recommendation of LCS
Conducting community outreach to promote LCS awareness and access
Consideration in designing interventions: Address stigma and shame felt by smokers
a

Participants described receiving a true-positive result as a facilitator of pursuing guideline-recommended annual screening. However, receiving a true-positive result would require lung cancer surveillance, rather than lung cancer screening.