Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion
Professor Riste?rd ? Laoide:
I will take that question.
We are working with the Sláintecare healthy communities programme which is targeting the most deprived areas in 19 community care areas in the country to help to address the factors that lead to the higher risks in more deprived areas. We also have a Think Lung campaign which raises awareness of the signs and symptoms of lung cancer in disadvantaged areas. Last year, we did a survey on cancer awareness and attitudes and this year we are targeting specific groups in the population, commencing with the Traveller community, to try to assess their awareness of cancer risk factors and symptoms, particularly high-mortality cancers like lung cancer, and to assess their barriers to access.
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