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631. Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology: Proceedings of a Workshop - Resources
Date: May 2018

Summarizes workshop proceedings and discussion to examine how to improve cancer patients' healthcare services navigation. Discusses current models of patient navigation programs, including programs in rural areas. Covers lessons learned, policy changes, and opportunities to improve cancer patient healthcare services navigation. Document is free to download after providing an email address.

...cancer patients' healthcare services navigation. Discusses current models of patient navigation programs, including programs in rural...

632. 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...

633. 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...

634. Radiotherapy Deserts: The Impact of Race, Poverty, and the Rural-Urban Continuum on Density of Providers and the Use of Radiation Therapy in the US - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Investigates the prevalence of radiotherapy deserts for prostate cancer (PC) and invasive breast cancer (BC) at the county level in the United States. Analyzes physicians to persons at risk (PPR) and use to persons at risk (UPR) according to sex, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and metro versus nonmetro county. Includes U.S. maps depicting death and incidence rate hot zones, high PPR density, high UPR density, and more.

...cancer (PC) and invasive breast cancer (BC) at the county level in the United States...

635. Many Women Use Preventive Services, but Gaps in Awareness of Insurance Coverage Requirements Persist: Findings from the 2022 KFF Women's Health Survey - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines cancer screenings and other preventive services received by women. Includes data on mammogram and colon cancer screening among urban/suburban and rural women.

...cancer screenings and other preventive services received by women. Includes data on mammogram and colon...

636. Preventing HPV Cancers in Rural Communities - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Provides an overview of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's efforts to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in rural areas. Includes newsletters, upcoming events, meeting recordings, and program action steps. See Education and Training Resources for HPV profiles of selected states, including comparisons of HPV vaccination rates among 13-17 year olds by level of urbanicity.

...Cancers in Rural Communities --- Provides an overview of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

637. 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...

638. Cervical Cancer Screening Outcomes Among a Sample of Low-Income Uninsured Women: A Program-Based Study - Resources
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...

639. 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...

640. Impact of Patient Race and Geographical Factors on Initiation and Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Medicare Breast Cancer Survivors - Resources
Date: Jun 2017

Study exploring racial and geographical disparities in adjuvant endocrine therapy for female Medicare patients diagnosed between 2007-2011. Features statistics with breakdowns including race or ethnicity, urban or rural residence, age group, and marital status.

...Cancer Survivors --- Study exploring racial and geographical disparities in adjuvant endocrine therapy for female Medicare...