Toolkit for Rural and Remote communities
Support rural and remote communities to participate in this life-saving program. Share the It's Good to Know campaign with your networks using the promotional resources on this page.
Key messages
- There's a new National Lung Cancer Screening Program that can help find lung cancer early, before symptoms start.
- The scan is simple, free, and it could save your life.
- When found early, more than 65% of lung cancers can be successfully treated.
- Lung screening could give you more healthy years to spend with your loved ones.
- If you're aged 50 to70 and have a smoking history, ask your doctor or healthcare provider about lung screening.
- Lung screening involves having a low-dose CT scan of your chest every two years to look for early signs of lung cancer.
- Telehealth and mobile screening services like the Heart of Australia truck are helping bring lung screening to rural and remote communities.
- If it's difficult for you to get to a clinic, ask them if you can have a telehealth appointment.
- There are also travel support services for people living rural and remote.
- Heart of Australia will be delivering mobile screening services to rural and remote communities - bringing care closer to home.
- Lung screening could save your life.
- It's good to know.
- Find out more at lungcancerscreen.org.au
- Visit the Heart of Australia website for information about which communities they’re visiting and when.
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A free lung screening scan could save your life – no matter where you live
There's a new National Lung Cancer Screening Program that can help find lung cancer early, before symptoms start.
If you're aged 50 to 70 and have a smoking history, you may be eligible!
The scan is simple, safe and completely free for eligible people. It’s a low-dose CT scan of your chest that looks for early signs of lung cancer, even before you feel sick.
When found early, over 65% of lung cancers can be successfully treated.
Telehealth and mobile screening services are available to support rural and remote communities to screen.
If you think you might be eligible, ask your doctor or healthcare provider about lung screening today. It's good to know.
You can find out more at www.lungcancerscreen.org.au/ruralandremote
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Use the text and the tiles below to share the campaign on your social media channels. The content provided below is for Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Tags: @LungCancerScreeningProgram @healthgovau
Hashtags: #ItsGoodToKnow #LungScreeningSavesLives #LungScreening #LungCancerScreeningProgram
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