Invitation methods for Indigenous New Zealand Maori in lung cancer screening: Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Lung cancer screening can significantly reduce mortality from lung cancer. Further evidence about how to optimize lung cancer screening for specific populations, including Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ)'s Indigenous Māori (who experience disproportionately higher rates of lung cancer), is needed to ensure it is equitable. This community-based, pragmatic cluster randomized trial aims to determine whether a lung cancer screening invitation from a patient's primary care physician, compared to from a centralized screening service, will optimize screening uptake for Māori. Participating primary care practices (clinics) in Auckland, Aotearoa NZ will be randomized to either the primary care-led or centralized service for delivery of the screening invitation. Clinic patients who meet the following crit

SUBMITTER: Parker K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393155 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature