U.S., July 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07694492) titled 'Feasibility of a Medical-Legal Partnership Model to Connect Coal Miners QuitAid' on July 02.
Brief Summary: Coal miners in Central Appalachia have among the highest rates of tobacco and nicotine product (TNP) use of any occupational group and face elevated rates of lung cancer and coal workers' pneumoconiosis ("black lung"). This study tests a novel medical-legal partnership (MLP) that "flips" the traditional referral direction: lawyers representing coal miners in black-lung workers' compensation cases identify clients who use TNPs and, through an ask-advise-connect process, connect them to community pharmacists who deliver QuitAid,...