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Date: Jan 2020
Shares the results of a literature review analyzing various sociodemographic variables, including rural residence, to describe challenges older adults with cancer experience when accessing hospice and palliative care services.
...Cancer: A Systematic Review --- Shares the results of a literature review analyzing various sociodemographic variables...
Date: Mar 2019
Highlights a study on the beliefs and perceptions about cancer held by people in Appalachia. Bases conclusions on the results of a survey of rural Appalachian counties in Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
...Cancer-Related Beliefs and Perceptions in Appalachia: Findings from 3 States --- Highlights a study on the beliefs...
Date: 2014
Discusses the effects of an intervention delivered by community health workers (CHWs), or Promotores de Salud, on cervical cancer screening rates for Hispanic women in the rural border area of New Mexico who were out of compliance with the recommended screening guidelines.
...Cancer Screening in the United States - Mexico Border Region --- Discusses the effects of an intervention...
Date: Aug 2024
Results of a study of 289,584 patients diagnosed with intermediate-risk prostate cancer from 2010-2020. Examines factors contributing to the likelihood of active surveillance, including place of residence. Features statistics including demographics with breakdowns by metropolitan, urban, or rural area.
...Cancer --- Results of a study of 289,584 patients diagnosed with intermediate-risk prostate cancer...
Date: Jun 2023
Presents a study on the efficacy of using a video brochure to provide colorectal cancer (CRC) screening information and instructions for a fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) sent out to rural patients in Appalachian Ohio. Explores the barriers to CRC screening, including the low rates of returning FITs, and discusses the effect the video brochure had on this process.
...Cancer Screening Information in a User-Friendly Format for Rural Appalachian Community Members --- Presents a study...
Date: Feb 2020
Examines the association of patient, facility, and clinical characteristics with round trip travel times for all types of cancer patients living in rural and urban areas with the objective to help providers understand which patients may be most in need of resources to assist with travel.
...Cancer Treatment --- Examines the association of patient, facility, and clinical characteristics with round trip travel...
Date: Dec 2019
Analyzes congressional district-specific mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIR) between 2011 and 2015 for all cancers and for cancers of breast, cervix, colorectal, esophagus, lung, oral, pancreas, and prostate cancers. Compares MIRs across regions, state Medicaid expansion status, race, and rurality. Discusses implications for policymakers and researchers.
...cancers and for cancers of breast, cervix, colorectal, esophagus, lung, oral, pancreas, and prostate cancers...
Date: Aug 2024
Examines breast cancer (BC) survivor experiences with BC care delivery, education, and support received. Analyzes 2,437 responses from a 2021 survey of patients in the Mayo Clinic Breast Disease Registry, with data breakdowns of respective patient perspectives, concerns, and symptoms by sociodemographic variables, including rural versus urban location.
...Cancer Care Delivery, Patient Experience and Patient Centered Research by 2025 --- Examines breast cancer (BC) survivor...
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...
Date: Oct 2017
Describes financial, educational, and healthcare challenges experienced by residents in the Mississippi Delta. Discusses the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation, a cancer awareness and prevention program working in rural, African American communities to create a network focused on education, outreach, and advocacy related to cancer.
...Cancer Foundation, a cancer awareness and prevention program working in rural, African American communities to create...