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411. Designing a Framework for Remote Cancer Care Through Community Co-Design: Participatory Development Study - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Explores the design and implementation of a framework to provide telemedicine cancer care in urban and rural areas of Kentucky. Addresses issues of health disparities and lack of broadband access in geographic areas such as Appalachia. Provides examples of participatory and co-design processes to create telemedicine options and engage communities.

...Cancer Care Through Community Co-Design: Participatory Development Study --- Explores the design and implementation of a framework...

412. Community Strategies to Address Cancer Disparities in Appalachian Kentucky - Resources
Date: 2012

An overview of a community-based participatory research intervention in Appalachian Kentucky to address cancer disparities. Includes discussion of the perceptions and barriers to screening. Covers strategies for working in Appalachia, rural locations, and other traditionally undeserved areas. Table 3 lists characteristics and Figure 1 is an example focus group interview guide.

...Cancer Disparities in Appalachian Kentucky --- An overview of a community-based participatory research intervention in Appalachian...

413. Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: Results from a Rural Community Intervention - Resources
Date: Nov 2013

Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how individuals with public or no insurance and low-incomes in rural North Carolina value different aspects of colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings. Includes statistics on DCE participants, such as education, income, employment, insurance, assistance needed with written materials, and agreement on CRC screening attributes.

...Cancer: Results from a Rural Community Intervention --- Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment...

414. Colorectal Cancer Prevention: Perspectives of Key Players from Social Networks in a Low-Income Rural US Region - Resources
Date: Feb 2016

Reports on a study based on interviews with "key players" within the social networks of rural Appalachian communities of Kentucky and Ohio. Discusses the role these individuals can play in promoting colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings and identifies the perceived barriers to CRC screenings within their communities.

...Cancer Prevention: Perspectives of Key Players from Social Networks in a Low-Income Rural US Region...

415. Rural-Urban Difference in Female Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Missouri - Resources
Date: Jul 2015

Analyzes and compares the effect of geographic distance and access to a mammography healthcare facility on late detection of breast cancer diagnosis in women residing in rural and urban Missouri.

...Cancer Diagnosis in Missouri --- Analyzes and compares the effect of geographic distance and access to a mammography...

416. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Adults With Chronic Medical Conditions: BRFSS 2012–2020 - Resources
Date: Feb 2024

Compares racial and ethnic variation in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, with breakdowns by number of chronic conditions. Utilizes 2012-2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. Table includes a statistic on CRC screening in nonmetro areas.

...Cancer Screening among Adults With Chronic Medical Conditions: BRFSS 2012–2020 --- Compares racial and ethnic...

417. Feasibility and Efficacy of a Novel Audiovisual Tool to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening among Rural Appalachian Kentucky Adults - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Examines an audiovisual tool to improve understanding of fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) directions and assesses the tool's feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy in an Appalachian population of Kentucky. Utilizes survey data and focus group feedback from 692 individuals to examine FIT completion. Discusses colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality and strategies to improve screening.

...Cancer Screening among Rural Appalachian Kentucky Adults --- Examines an audiovisual tool to improve understanding of fecal...

418. Understanding Lung Cancer Resources and Barriers Among Worksites with Mostly Male Employees in Eight Rural Kentucky Counties: A Focus Group Discussion - Resources
Date: 2019

Reports on focus groups examining lung cancer resources and related obstacles in 8 rural counties of Kentucky. Discussions focused on available resources and services; how men might use or learn about services; issues preventing men from accessing or learning about services; and more.

...Cancer Resources and Barriers Among Worksites with Mostly Male Employees in Eight Rural Kentucky Counties...

419. Effect of Rurality on Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Mammography - Resources
Date: Jun 2014

Examines urban and rural differences among adult women who utilize mammography screenings. Discusses urban–rural disparities in breast cancer treatment and experience.

...cancer treatment and experience. --- Effect of Rurality on Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review...

420. Association of Rurality with Utilization of Palliative Care and Hospice among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Died from Pancreatic Cancer: A Cohort Study - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Explores the association between the rurality of patient residence and the use of palliative care and hospice among Medicare decedents with pancreatic cancer between 2016 and 2018. Also examines the use of palliative care at least 90 days after diagnosis and before death and hospice care at least three days before death. Presents data by metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, and rural classifications.

...Cancer: A Cohort Study --- Explores the association between the rurality of patient residence and the use of palliative...