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Date: Nov 2023
Identifies associations between environmental factors and breast cancer stages in North Carolina using the Environmental Quality Index (EQI). EQI factors include air, water, land, sociodemographic, and built environments. Includes analysis of urbanicity, race, screenings, and tobacco use.
...Cancer Incidence Differentially by Summary Stage and Urbanicity --- Identifies associations between environmental factors and breast...
Date: May 2022
Reports on a May 2022 workshop exploring issues related to family caregivers and developing strategies to support and recognize their role in caring for their loved ones with cancer or other chronic illnesses. Discusses the increased role of family caregivers in rural and tribal communities and the importance of providing services, addressing social determinants of health, and allocating funding to better support family caregivers in these communities.
...Cancer and Other Serious Illnesses: Proceedings of a Workshop --- Reports on a May 2022 workshop...
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...
Date: Mar 2023
Examines inpatient palliative care use by hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients. Analyzes 26,961 female patients from 2010 to 2014 for palliative care use, with patient information further broken down by age, race, income, insurance type, and status of hospital utilized, such as urban teaching, urban nonteaching, or rural.
...Cancer Patients in U.S. Hospitals --- Examines inpatient palliative care use by hospitalized metastatic breast cancer...
Date: Oct 2023
Examines national breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening test use compared against targets developed by Healthy People 2030. Analyzes 2021 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data to observe percentage of adults who are up-to-date with screenings according to demographic variables, including county urbanization levels broken down by large central metro, large fringe metro, medium/small metro, and nonmetropolitan.
...Cancer Screening Test Use in the United States, 2021 --- Examines national breast, cervical, and colorectal...
Date: Apr 2023
Evaluated the effectiveness of remote interventions compared to the standard care protocols for cancer screenings in 963 Indiana and Ohio women between 50 and 74 years old. Discusses cost-effectiveness compared to increased screening odds and the impact on health outcomes, particularly mortality.
...Cancer Screening Among Women in the Rural US: A Randomized Clinical Trial --- Evaluated the effectiveness...
Date: Jan 2023
Examines the feasibility of implementing a mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) program in rural clinics to improve screening rates for colorectal cancer (CRC). Discusses the effectiveness of additional strategies in FIT programs such as auto-calling and live reminder calls from clinics. Provides data on screening success rates and qualitative feedback from clinic staff on the program.
...Cancer Screening in Rural Primary Care: Preliminary Effectiveness and Implementation of a Collaborative Mailed Fecal...
Date: Sep 2022
Examines racial and social disparities as related to cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Utilizes 2015-2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) database to analyze mortality rates and 2014-2018 data from the CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to estimate the respective county-level social vulnerability index (SVI). Includes demographic breakdowns of mortality rates according to age, sex, race/ethnicity, and large metropolitan, medium small metropolitan, or micropolitan/noncore (nonmetropolitan) location.
...Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the United States --- Examines racial and social disparities as related...
Date: Sep 2022
Analyzes disparities in breast and colorectal cancer screening in rural and urban women aged 50-74 in the U.S. using 2014-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. Includes demographic breakdowns by age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, education level, income, marital status, health behaviors, and reported access to healthcare.
...Cancer Screening among US Women, 2014-2019 --- Analyzes disparities in breast and colorectal cancer screening...
Date: Apr 2022
Examines if and when primary care clinicians (PCCs) and gastroenterologists (GIs) recommend colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings according to results from a 2019 online survey of 814 PCCs and 159 GIs. Discusses factors such as provider characteristics, number of patients, and practice location, including rural, suburban, or urban. Includes rural versus urban differences in routine CRC screening recommendation practices.
...Cancer Screening Among Average-Risk Patients: Data From a National Survey --- Examines if and when...