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Date: Jun 2024
Analyzes factors affecting engagement in a remote symptom monitoring (RSM) program among 1,998 patients who received treatment at Alabama cancer centers between May 2021 and May 2023. Includes data on likelihood of being approached for involvement in RSM and rates of program enrollment, adherence, and withdrawal. Factors considered include race (Black, White, or other), rural versus urban residence, and neighborhood disadvantage.
...cancer centers between May 2021 and May 2023. Includes data on likelihood of being approached...
Date: Dec 2019
Summarizes research on achieving health equity in preventive services including screening, counseling, medication, and management for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in adult patients by identifying the effects of impediments and barriers that create disparities, and the effectiveness of strategies and interventions to reduce them. Study reports barriers that resulted in or explained a disparity in preventive service, and the effectiveness of the clinician-patient relationship, health information technology, and health system intervention. Studies included African American, Hispanic, Korean and Chinese American, and rural and low-income patients.
...cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in adult patients by identifying the effects of impediments and barriers...
Date: Apr 2024
Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System data, offers state level rural and urban data for preventable deaths in people younger than 80. Death causes include unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
...cancer. --- Preventable Early Deaths in the United States, 2010-2022 Link View Resource Description Using...
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: 2016
Describes an academic partnership between the University of Kentucky and White House Clinics, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Appalachian Kentucky, to adopt, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based office consult shown to improve patient acceptance of prevention care practices including a variety of cancer screenings.
...cancer screenings. --- Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Preventive Care Practices in a Federally...
Date: Apr 28, 2021
Fast, reliable broadband is essential for people to access telehealth and patient portals as well as work and study from home, but rural and tribal areas fall behind urban and suburban areas in terms of broadband deployment and speed. Organizations in Alabama, Colorado, and Kentucky share how broadband affects their work and their patients' care. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer survivors stay physically active, Hirko learned that many cancer survivors didn't live close...
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: 2015
Provides an overview of how African American and Caucasian women use mobile mammography vans for breast cancer screening and what factors are associated with repeat visits to the mobile mammography vans. Includes characteristic data of women by a single visit and repeat visits to the mobile mammography vans, such as urban status, insurance coverage, age group, marital status, employment, and mammography experience.
...cancer screening and what factors are associated with repeat visits to the mobile mammography vans...
Date: Aug 2025
Examines rural-urban differences in clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes among 119 newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients who presented at the University of Vermont Medical Center from 2017 to 2021. Discusses rural cancer disparities in treatment outcomes and access to care.
...cancer disparities in treatment outcomes and access to care. --- Single-Center Retrospective Analysis of the Impact...
Date: Mar 2016
Second annual evaluations of 18 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects targeting patient populations with specific diseases. Discusses experiences common across grantees and profiles each project. Includes projects that serve a variety of rural areas and address conditions such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pain. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth.
...cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pain. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth. --- Second...