# Collaborating on a Multi-Component intervention to increase Lung Cancer Screening uptake

> **NIH NIH P30** · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · 2021 · $149,991

## Abstract

Abstract/Project Summary: NCCC is the only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Northern
New England region (i.e., VT, NH, ME). NCCC has a bi-state catchment area comprised of New Hampshire
and Vermont that is impacted by high lung cancer incidence and mortality rates. The CDC-funded VT Cancer
Plan for 2021-2025, while not final, will include a goal to increase lung cancer screening (LCS) uptake—as only
15% of eligible Vermonters were up-to-date with screening in 2017. VT’s cancer coalition, Vermonters Taking
Action Against Cancer (VTAAC), convenes individuals and organizations from across VT (including NCCC and
project partners the American Lung Association, Vermont Department of Health, and University of Vermont
Medical Center) to help implement the Cancer Plan. VTAAC has an existing Task Force infrastructure to bring
together partners focused on specific areas of the cancer plan—including an LCS Task Force. While this
infrastructure has supported connections, networking, and cooperation among partners, VTAAC’s Steering
Committee and NCCC would like to foster deeper, collaborative relationships in which partners—including
NCCC—co-implement and co-evaluate projects. We will pilot an enhanced Task Force model with the LCS
Task Force, building its capacity to truly collaborate on a shared project by providing funding for the lead
organization, convening the group specifically for project collaboration, assessing the Task Force’s
membership, and reviewing project evaluation results and jointly determining future directions for sustained
collaboration. Drawing on The Community Guide’s robust evidence-base for interventions that effectively
increase uptake of other cancer screenings, we will collaborate with the VTAAC LCS Task Force and its
members to co-implement and co-evaluate a multicomponent intervention to increase LCS uptake while
addressing known barriers to LCS in our catchment. The intervention will include: 1) an educational campaign
to increase community demand for LCS; 2) transportation programs and streamlined appointment scheduling
to increase community access; 3) and continuing education, provider reminders, and provider
assessment/feedback to increase provider delivery of LCS referrals. The LCS Task Force will review the
evaluation results and determine which components to sustain and scale with additional partners based on
impact and feasibility. To further sustain our enhanced partnership and optimize the opportunities for
collaboration, we will conduct a modified Delphi technique to seek consensus on the broader coalition’s top
priorities, we will support the development of new Task Forces aligned with those priorities, and we will seek
collaborative funding. To facilitate engagement of additional NCCC investigators with VTAAC, we will conduct
an in-reach assessment of NCCC Cancer Population Science Research Program investigators’ areas of
expertise, train them on community engagement principles, and match them with t...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10408362
- **Project number:** 3P30CA023108-42S3
- **Recipient organization:** DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Steven D Leach
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $149,991
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-08-04 → 2024-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10408362

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10408362, Collaborating on a Multi-Component intervention to increase Lung Cancer Screening uptake (3P30CA023108-42S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10408362. Licensed CC0.

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