A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation
A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation (ABOHLF) will receive $200,000 over two years to develop an Animated Patient’s Guide to Lung Cancer which will build and implement an interactive, highly visual, evidence-based e-learning web resource for patients with lung cancer as well as their families and care givers to promote better understanding and management of lung cancer among the most vulnerable. (Read More)
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society will receive $1.25 million over three years to develop and implement a lung cancer screening navigation program in partnership with three federally qualified health centers/community health centers to increase lung cancer screening rates and timely access to specialists following a positive screening result. (Read More)
American Cancer Society Comprehensive Lung Cancer Patient Support Program (CLCPSP)
The American Cancer Society (ACS) will develop and implement a Comprehensive Lung Cancer Patient Support Program (CLCPSP) that will provide an evidence-based, multi-level intervention that promotes high quality, patient-centered coordinated care to lung cancer survivors in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia, South and North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. ACS will work with several expert teams including cancer information specialists, resource coordination specialists, health insurance assistance specialists, clinical trial matching specialists and oncology nurses to ensure that patients receive comprehensive support along the continuum. (Read More)
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association’s Smoke Free Public Housing Initiative will receive $1,500,000 over 18 months to develop a comprehensive approach to supporting the implementation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new smoke-free public housing rule across 10 states. ALA will provide technical assistance supports that will ensure PHAs finalize and implement the smoke free housing in a manner which maximizes staff and resident compliance, and, it will utilize a peer based system of education and support among PHA resident case managers, to link residents to nearby smoking cessation and lung screening programs. (Read More)
Avera McKennan
Avera McKennan will receive $1,616,255 over three years to implement a pilot program Increasing Lung Cancer Screening for High Risk Smokers in a Frontier Population and investigate the effectiveness of increasing lung cancer screening among high-risk smokers in the medically underserved frontier population in western South Dakota, a region which is primarily comprised of low income whites and American Indians living on reservations and in rural communities. This type of education and research of its effectiveness has never been done within this population and will aid in producing evidence-based policy recommendations that are specific to serving this vulnerable group. (Read More)
Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University
The Georgia Cancer Center will receive $1,736,147 over three years to support and implement its cancer-Community Awareness, Access, Research and Education (c-CARE) module to enhance lung cancer awareness, prevention, care and supportive community services in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia. The primary target population is adult African American smokers and former smokers who are eligible for low-dose computed tomography screening as early detection for lung cancer. The c‐CARE initiative was developed to reduce the burden of lung and other preventable cancers among minorities and medically-underserved populations in the central Savannah River Area of Georgia. (Read More)
Levine Cancer Institute
The Levine Cancer Institute will receive $1.6 million to support the Lung B.A.S.E.S. (Bringing Awareness, Screening & Education to improve Survivorship) 4 Life program, an innovative model that will feature the nation’s first mobile unit for early identification of lung cancer coupled with comprehensive education, navigation and clinical intervention for better outcomes for lung cancer patients. (Read More)
Lung Cancer Alliance
Lung Cancer Alliance will receive $1,599,300 over three years for the Alabama Lung Cancer Awareness, Screening & Education program (ALCASE) which will design and implement a community-based model to reduce the burden of lung cancer in 7 underserved, primarily African American counties in Alabama through capacity building, outreach, education, screening, and support. (Read More)
LUNGevity
LUNGevity will receive $636,235 over 2 years to implement Project ACTS (Adherence to CT Screening), a collaboration between academics, clinicians, and a patient advocacy group that aims to increase adherence to follow-up low-dose computerized tomography (CT) screening for those high-risk individuals who represent with lung nodules in their initial scan, or who do not present with nodules in the initial scan but require annual follow-up, by developing a procedure and tool for the screening centers responsible for patient follow-up. (Read More)
Mississippi Public Health Institute in partnership with Greenwood Leflore Hospital (GLH)
Mississippi Public Health Institute will receive $751,820 to implement Survive 2 Thrive - Community Based Survivorship Care for Lung Cancer Patients, an innovative patient-centered, evidence-based community care model that will leverage nurse navigators, social workers for case management, and community health workers for improving outcomes and quality of life for lung cancer survivors in the Mississippi Delta region. (Read More)
National Minority Quality Forum
The National Minority Quality Forum’s project Lung Cancer Screening Quality Improvement in Kentucky will receive $209,356 to pilot a program to test adaptation of a QI model to enhance lung cancer screening among underserved and increased risk populations, to form a model for statewide and national dissemination. The program will include training of 20 primary care practice leaders in the Kentucky LEADS tools, quality improvement, patient engagement and team-based care approaches. These will be utilized to achieve the overall goal of developing a strategy for sustainably increasing tobacco use counseling and lung cancer screening referrals in primary care offices serving underserved and at risk patients. (Read More)
Patient Advocate Foundation
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) will implement activities in West Virginia to develop a Lung Cancer MedCare Line aimed at increasing awareness about lung cancer screening and empowering lung cancer patients by linking them to the necessary case management support to overcoming non clinical barriers to care for better health outcomes. (Read More)
The Department of Veteran's Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Vista Expertise Network and the IELCAP Foundation
The McGuire Research Institute, Carl T. Hayden Medical Research Foundation, Houston VA Research and Education Foundation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the International Lung Cancer Action Program Early Detection and Treatment Foundation (IELCAP) and Vista Expertise Network will receive $5,828,550 over three years to collaborate on the Partnership to increase Access to Lung cancer Screening (VA-PALS) Implementation Network. The project will improve Veterans’ access to lung cancer screening through implementation of the evidence-based I-ELCAP screening program and protocol at 10 VA medical centers. (Read More)
The Institute for Medical Research
The Institute for Medical Research at the Durham VA will receive $935,766 over two years to develop and pilot a comprehensive lung cancer survivorship program that will provide a coordinated approach to management of life after lung cancer and address depression, debility, and tobacco use while ensuring appropriate surveillance through an integrated electronic medical record for veterans serviced by the Durham VA. (Read More)
University of Kentucky, University of Louisville and Lung Cancer Alliance
Kentucky LEADS, a statewide comprehensive cancer control coalition that includes the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky and the Lung Cancer Alliance, will receive $7,022,269 over three years to create a community-engaged collaborative program to promote lung cancer survivorship and improve lung cancer patient outcomes. Each of the program’s three components will be led by expert academic and community partners. (Read More)
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville's LEADS (Lung Education, Awareness, Detection and Survivorship) National Center for Primary Care will receive $1,595,051 over 3 years to establish the first national effort to educate providers, through intermediary organizations, on lung cancer. The goal of the Center is to institute a national education and training epicenter to improve lung cancer care across the continuum of disease, starting with improvements in screening uptake and adherence to guidelines. The Center will develop partnerships with national health systems, professional organizations, and other groups to widely disseminate best practices and implementation tools. (Read More)
University of South Carolina College of Nursing
The University of South Carolina College of Nursing will receive a grant for $750,000 to develop a statewide network of community and clinical stakeholders with an interest in lung cancer referred to as Partners in Quality Lung Cancer Survivorship, and to adapt and test the feasibility and preliminary effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention called Breathe Easier. The long-term goal is to improve clinical outcomes for survivors of localized lung cancer and their family members. (Read More)
West Virginia University Cancer Institute
West Virginia University Cancer Institute will receive a two-year $727,677 grant to implement "Bridge to Good Living: Thriving beyond Lung Cancer", an innovative, interdisciplinary survivorship program that is patient-driven affording the opportunity for lung cancer survivors stages 1-3 to thrive during the lung cancer experience – from diagnosis, treatment, life after treatment, recurrence, and end-of-life care if needed. The innovative program model will include: establishment of a monthly, interdisciplinary survivorship care clinics; enhances the current surveillance system for recurrence of the primary and/or secondary cancer(s); monitors and manages physical, psychosocial effects of diagnosis, treatment, and after effects; provides health education about screening recommendations and follow-up, survivorship issues, and community resources; assesses patient’s attitude toward smoking cessation and offers intervention options. (Read More)
