Healthcare Professionals ’ Perspectives on Adapting a Community Health Worker Model to Facilitate Lung Cancer Screening for Chinese For-Hire Vehicle Drivers

This study describes a community needs assessment to inform the adaptation of an existing CHW intervention to facilitate LCS among Chinese FHV drivers. Interviews were conducted until saturation with 13 Chinese-serving health professionals to determine the community ’s needs, priorities, and preferences. Transcripts were qualitatively analyzed using Atlas.ti. Seven frequently occurring themes were identified: knowledge of guidelines/access to LCS, acceptability of CHW program, CHW role in screening process, qualities of an ideal CHW, barriers to LCS, challeng es to implementing a CHW program, and adaptations to CHW program. The adapted CHW intervention should include culturally tailored health education to increase LCS knowledge for patients and providers.
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research