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Date: Oct 23, 2019
A new diagnosis of cancer? Of a rare disease? Or a chronic medical problem with seemingly no new treatment? The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is supporting investigators and ensuring that their cutting-edge science gets to the people who need it. Translational science teams in Arkansas, Florida and Washington are making that happen in the rural areas of their states. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer? Of a rare disease? Or a chronic medical problem with seemingly no new treatment...
Date: Jun 2019
Video emphasizing the importance of addressing health disparities related to lung cancer, healthcare access, screenings, prevention, and education on clinical trials. Encourages efforts to include Native American communities in screening, disease prevention, and clinical research. Explores ways in which translational science and community-based participatory research can create bonds between researchers and the public.
...Cancer Center Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Health screening · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Jan 2019
Results of a study of women diagnosed with breast cancer at 8 institutions in 2013-2014, examining whether use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy instead of adjuvant chemotherapy varies by nonclinical factors such as patient socioeconomic status or rural residence. Features demographic statistics with breakdown by rural residence.
...Cancer Research and Treatment, 173(1), 179-188 01/2019 Cancer · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences...
Date: Nov 2023
Presents results from a survey on barriers, facilitators, and benefits of telehealth use for early integrated palliative care (EIPC). Survey participants were 48 clinicians providing palliative care services to patients with advanced lung cancer. Discusses clinician attitudes, logistical and organizational influences, and patient characteristics affecting access. Highlights barriers experienced by rural patients.
...Cancers, 15(22), 5340 11/2023 Access · Cancer · Health workforce · Hospice and palliative care · Statistics and data...
Added: Jul 20, 2023
A healthcare system in rural Washington partners with a small organic farm to offer weekly produce boxes to eligible low-income patients.
...cancer and diabetes in rural Jefferson County, Washington. Intervention: A local healthcare system partnered with...
Date: May 2019
Evaluates the mobile mammography efforts of several programs in South Dakota. Includes a county-level map (see additional link) that details mobile mammography coverage and utilization, as well as breast cancer prevalence and mortality.
...cancer prevalence and mortality. 05/2019 South Dakota Cancer Coalition Cancer · Health screening · Mobile and episodic...
Reviewed: Aug 29, 2022
Provides answers to frequently asked questions and resources on rural obesity and weight control. Compares obesity in rural and urban areas, discusses how obesity impacts health and factors contributing to obesity is rural areas. Covers health promotion efforts for local health departments, schools, communities, and rural specific models.
...Cancer Among Adults by Location of Residence Metropolitan Area Outside Metropolitan Area Heart disease 10.4% 12.5% Cancer...
Date: Sep 2017
Reports on rural and urban rates of genetic testing to identify women at increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer, with data by age group and region. Also examines rural and urban post-test preventive interventions, including mastectomy, MRI, mammography, and genetic counseling.
...cancer, with data by age group and region. Also examines rural and urban post-test...
Date: 2022
Report examining the effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are common in well water in rural areas and have been linked to adverse health effects including cancer, thyroid dysfunction, changes in cholesterol, and reductions in birth weight. Recommends that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health departments support clinicians in communities where PFAS contamination has been identified, by creating educational materials on PFAS exposure, potential health effects, the limitations of testing, and the benefits and harms of testing.
...cancer, thyroid dysfunction, changes in cholesterol, and reductions in birth weight. Recommends that the Centers...
Date: Nov 2019
Reports on the rural-urban disparities regarding potentially preventable deaths caused by heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years of age. Updates a January 2017 report on the same topic, with the new report using a 6-level urban-rural classification scheme and adding additional years and annual percentage change information.
...cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years...