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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...
Date: Aug 2025
Presents a study exploring the efficacy of community navigators, such as 211, to help alleviate unmet social needs and change the likelihood of cancer patients with unmet social needs to complete their follow-up care. Discusses the importance of follow-up care in the treatment and prevention of cancer and the barriers individuals with unmet social needs face to receive it. Explores rurality as a potential barrier.
...cancer patients with unmet social needs to complete their follow-up care. Discusses the importance...
Date: Sep 2017
Highlights an investigation into the health effects of exposure to organochlorine pesticides for farmers and their spouses. Draws data from the Agricultural Health Study, which surveys agricultural workers in Iowa and North Carolina.
...Cancer Risk among Agricultural Health Study Farm Spouses Associated with Personal Use of Organochlorine Insecticides...
Date: Jun 2014
An analysis to determine the extent of racial misclassification of American Indians and Alaska Natives regarding cancer and all-cause mortality data by Indian Health Service (IHS) Contract Health Service Delivery Area (CHSDA) using 3 data sources: IHS-National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), IHS-National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)/Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program, and National Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS).
...cancer and all-cause mortality data by Indian Health Service (IHS) Contract Health Service Delivery...
Date: Oct 2025
Explores the geographic and socioeconomic factors that correlate with the higher rates and worse outcomes for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas among veterans compared to civilians. Breaks down data by socioeconomic factors, such as marital status, unemployment, and service connection, among other factors, as well as rurality, travel distance, and drive time.
...Cancer --- Explores the geographic and socioeconomic factors that correlate with the higher rates and worse...
Date: Dec 2016
Analysis of data collected from 145 providers at 27 American Indian health facilities in the Northern Plains. Features statistics with breakdowns by type and frequency of tests, type of providers, and factors influencing screening practices.
...Cancer Screening Among Health Care Providers Serving Northern Plains American Indians, 2011-2012 --- Analysis of data...
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...
Date: Nov 2023
Examines prostate screening from 2012 to 2020 among men living in Florida. Utilizes the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to analyze prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening percentages by county for men aged 18 or older. Discusses screening disparities related to Black men.
...Cancer Screening and Strategies, Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012–2020 --- Examines prostate screening...
Date: Jul 2025
Webinar introducing the ACS NCCRT Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening in Rural Communities Best Practices Guidebook. Includes an overview of CRC disparities in rural communities and offers guidance for organizations working to improve CRC screening rates in their communities. Highlights successes of CRC screening programs in Alaska and Arizona administered by the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation and Mariposa Community Health Center.
...Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (ACS NCCRT) Cancer · Health disparities · Health screening · Planning and strategy...
Date: Jun 2022
Examines cervical screening outcomes in low-income and uninsured women by sociodemographic factors such as age, marital status, race/ethnicity, rurality, and Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening history. Analyzes outcomes of Pap tests, human papillomavirus (HPV) tests, and colposcopies administered to 841 women between 2013 and 2019 by urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated location, as well as other sociodemographic factors.
...Cancer Screening Outcomes Among a Sample of Low-Income Uninsured Women: A Program-Based Study...