Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Mar 2022
Provides an overview of a multi-agency federal collaborative strategy to prevent and manage cervical cancer in the United States. Discusses ways to provide effective screening services, manage treatment, and locate facilitators that assist in providing safety-net healthcare to underserved populations, including low-income, uninsured, and rural women.
...Cancer in Safety-Net and Health Resources and Services Administration-Supported Settings of Care --- Provides...
Date: Dec 2011
Discusses the development and evaluation of a community health worker curriculum intended to inform Hispanic farmworker women about cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and the HPV vaccine.
...Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach With Latina Farmworkers in Rural Southern Georgia --- Discusses the development...
Date: Jun 2015
Examines the associations between acculturation, access to and utilization of healthcare services, and colorectal cancer (CRC) in low-income Latino men and women living in colonias of the Texas-Mexico border area.
...Cancer Screening in Low-Income Latinos --- Examines the associations between acculturation, access to and utilization...
Date: Jul 2019
Investigates overall survival (OS) in cancer patients related to geography-based factors. Discusses intersecting lower OS factors including higher rates of poverty, comorbid disease, treatment delay, lack of insurance, and decreased access to specialty care. Patients were classified into rural, urban, and metropolitan segments utilizing Rural – Urban Continuum Codes.
...Cancer Database Study --- Investigates overall survival (OS) in cancer patients related to geography-based factors...
Date: Jul 2020
Uses data on participants from 3 tribally operated healthcare clinics in rural areas to study whether direct mailing of fecal immunochemical test kits is effective in increasing colorectal cancer screening among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
...cancer screening among American Indians and Alaska Natives. --- Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer...
Date: Jan 2010
Details a study on prostate cancer in farmers exposed to coumaphos, a livestock insecticide, in Iowa and North Carolina. Breaks down data by age, smoking history, and alcohol consumption, among other factors.
...Cancer among Male Participants in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) --- Details a study on prostate...
Date: Jan 2025
Reports proceedings from the 2023 Alaska Native CRC Research Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska. Describes the current state of research and programs focused on addressing colorectal cancer disparities and access to services among Alaska Native people. Summarizes topics explored at the conference, including concerns specific to rural, tribal, and remote areas.
...Cancer Among Alaska Native Peoples: A Community and Subject Matter Expert Symposium --- Reports proceedings from...
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: Nov 2012
Details a program to address cervical cancer disparities in rural Hispanic agricultural workers. Addresses specific barriers to preventive screenings, including awareness and knowledge of screening, cultural beliefs, cost, lack of health insurance, transportation, and child care.
...Cancer Disparities in a Rural Hispanic Farmworker Community --- Details a program to address cervical cancer...
Date: Aug 2015
Results of a study of 844 women from rural southwest Georgia who were diagnosed with primary, invasive, early-stage breast cancer between 2001 and 2003, and who received guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy within the study region. Features statistics including breakdowns by age, marital status, insurance status, socioeconomic status, rural status, and number of comorbid conditions.
...Cancer Adjuvant Therapy in Rural Georgia --- Results of a study of 844 women from rural...