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631. Assessing Local Capacity to Expand Rural Breast Cancer Screening and Patient Navigation: An Iterative Mixed-Method Tool - Resources
Date: Apr 2017

Report on the development of a mixed-method tool for assessing county capacity as part of a needs assessment process, describing outcomes in rural North Texas counties. Discusses the expansion of the Breast Screening and Patient Navigation (BSPAN) program into a hub-and-spoke delivery model to strengthen networks of community clinics, community groups, and nonprofit organizations. Offers qualitative and quantitative data on changes over the development period.

...Cancer Screening and Patient Navigation: An Iterative Mixed-Method Tool --- Report on the development of a mixed...

632. Pre-Pandemic Geographic Access to Hospital-Based Telehealth for Cancer Care in the United States - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Explores the availability of telehealth and oncology services across geographic and sociodemographic domains before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2019 and 2020 data sources to examine hospital characteristics by telehealth and oncology services, with information on hospital ownership, number of hospital beds, Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) status, presence of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) co-located at hospital, and more. Includes availability of telehealth, oncology, and hospital services broken down by county; HPSA status; income, average age, and race/ethnicity of residents; ratio of population to primary care physicians; rural noncore, rural micropolitan, or urban status; and more.

...Cancer Care in the United States --- Explores the availability of telehealth and oncology services across...

633. Cervical Cancer Screening Rates among Rural and Urban Females, From 2019 to 2022 - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Analyzes frequency of receiving a recent Papanicolau (Pap) test among rural and urban women aged 21 to 65, using Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data from 2019, 2020, and 2022. Provides screening rate data comparisons by year and by demographic category, including race and ethnicity, age, insurance status, educational level, and more.

...Cancer Screening Rates among Rural and Urban Females, From 2019 to 2022 --- Analyzes frequency of receiving...

634. Regional Variation in Deescalated Therapy in Older Adults With Early-Stage Breast Cancer - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed to region or patient characteristics. Features demographics including breakdowns by urban or rural status.

...Cancer --- Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed...

635. Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indians in a Pacific Northwest Tribe: Cowlitz Tribal BRFSS Project, 2009-2010 - Resources
Date: May 2014

Describes the demographics, health status, prevalence of risk factors, and use of screening techniques in a non-reservation-based American Indian tribe. Includes breakdowns by age group, sex, marital status, employment status, education level, annual household income, insurance status, and various risk factors.

...Cancer Screening Among American Indians in a Pacific Northwest Tribe: Cowlitz Tribal BRFSS Project, 2009-2010 --- Describes...

636. Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indian Men Aged 50 or Older, Kansas and Missouri, 2006-2008 - Resources
Date: Oct 2013

Results from five focus groups designed to raise awareness, promote discourse, identify barriers, and develop culturally relevant education strategies related to screening and early detection.

...Cancer Screening Among American Indian Men Aged 50 or Older, Kansas and Missouri, 2006-2008 --- Results...

637. Advancing Cancer Workforce Capacity for American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Development of a Validated System to Optimize Trainee Participation and Outcome Tracking - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Outlines considerations and strategies for development and implementation of a tracking system to support federally funded workforce diversity programs with limited resources to document, track, and disseminate program outcomes for underrepresented trainees. Provides data on degree completion and professional positions of American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) trainees over a 20-year period.

...Cancer Workforce Capacity for American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Development of a Validated System...

638. Community-Based Screening for Cervical Cancer: A Feasibility Study of Rural Appalachian Women - Resources
Date: Nov 2015

Describes a community-based screening program for rural Appalachian women that examines the women's comfort levels and experience self-collecting swabs for HPV testing, whether nurse-guided patient navigation increases the odds of women receiving a traditional Pap test after HPV screening, and explores the hypothesis that women testing positive for oncogenic HPV would be more likely to have a Pap test than those testing negative.

...Cancer: A Feasibility Study of Rural Appalachian Women --- Describes a community-based screening program for rural...

639. Introducing the L.A.U.N.C.H Collaborative - Resources
Date: 2020

Describes the Linking & Amplifying User-Centered Networks through Connected Health (L.A.U.N.C.H.) demonstration project, based in Appalachian Kentucky and aimed at preventing cancer and removing obstacles faced by cancer patients in rural and underserved areas, through improvements in broadband access.

...cancer and removing obstacles faced by cancer patients in rural and underserved areas, through improvements...

640. Comparative Effectiveness of Two Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening among Females Living in the Rural Midwest - Resources
Date: Feb 2024

Compares the effectiveness of tailored interventions using audiovisual media and patient navigation versus usual methods of care on colorectal screening rates for women in rural Indiana and Ohio. Discusses the implication of findings on access to care for rural residents. Includes breakdown of participant level of rurality and other demographic characteristics.

...Cancer Screening among Females Living in the Rural Midwest --- Compares the effectiveness of tailored interventions...