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Date: 2019
Describes policy strategies that can be implemented in rural communities to address geographic, clinical, communication, and research-related obstacles for human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention. Aims to combat rural health disparities, such as low rates of HPV vaccination and high rates of HPV-related cancer incidence and mortality.
...cancer incidence and mortality. Robin Vanderpool, Lindsay Stradtman, Heather Brandt Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 15(7-8), 1527-1532 2019 Cancer...
Date: May 2024
Examines health disparities experienced by Tennessee residents. Measures include life expectancy, health equity, healthcare access, mental health and trauma, infectious disease, chronic disease, cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban or rural location.
...cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban...
Date: Oct 2024
Analyzes adaptations made by a patient navigation program to improve colorectal cancer screenings at rural primary care clinics in Oregon. Examines patient reflections and interviews as well as clinic meetings and reflections from practice facilitators. Discusses proactive adaptations of the program for a rural context as well as reactive adaptations made due to COVID-19.
...cancer screenings at rural primary care clinics in Oregon. Examines patient reflections and interviews as well...
Date: Jan 2019
Discusses mammographic screening among Latina and non-Latina White residents of two rural counties in eastern Washington. Analyzes questionnaire data representing county-level differences in screening rates based on ethnicity, sociodemographic information, age, and predictors of breast cancer-screening participation. Presents this study in relation to broader educational efforts to increase rates of clinical breast exams.
...cancer-screening participation. Presents this study in relation to broader educational efforts to increase rates...
Date: Dec 2020
Report highlights the public health efforts in the areas of tobacco cessation, diabetes and cancer reduction, and promoting physical activity, among other issues in Montana. Compares rates over a two year span and details the programs designed to address them.
...cancer reduction, and promoting physical activity, among other issues in Montana. Compares rates over a two year...
Date: Jan 2018
Prepared to accompany the December 12-13, 2017 workshop What Works for Rural: From Research to Reality. Compiles research and resources gathered online from October 2013 to December 2017 on the topics of cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and unintentional injury, which includes a subsection on drug overdoses and opioids.
...cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and unintentional injury, which includes a subsection...
Date: Aug 2025
Examines the combined prevalence of obesity and chronic health conditions, including high blood pressure, cancer, and diabetes, among others, by demographic group, utilizing Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component data. See Figure 6 for a comparison of prevalence between metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and non-MSAs.
...cancer, and diabetes, among others, by demographic group, utilizing Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household...
Date: Dec 2025
Literature review examining the extent to which studies on mortality related to heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke included individual measures of rurality, race, and ethnicity, and analyzes the findings of these studies. Discusses differences in research on a condition-by-condition basis and suggests directions for future health disparities research.
...cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke included individual measures of rurality, race...
Date: Nov 2014
Evaluations of 18 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects targeting patient populations with specific diseases. Includes projects that serve a variety of rural areas and address conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth.
...cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth. --- Annual Report 1: HCIA...
Date: Nov 2019
Results of a study examining whether opioid-related hospitalization is associated with cancer, stroke, obesity, asthma, liver or spinal disease, and arthritis. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural location.
...cancer, stroke, obesity, asthma, liver or spinal disease, and arthritis. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns...