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Reviewed: Sep 2025
Case study describing a mobile breast cancer screening partnership implemented by the Fond du Lac Reservation's Human Services Division and Park Nicollet healthcare system. Discusses outreach practices and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on service availability.
...cancer screening partnership implemented by the Fond du Lac Reservation's Human Services Division and Park...
Date: Jan 2018
Prepared to accompany the December 12-13, 2017 workshop What Works for Rural: From Research to Reality. Compiles research and resources gathered online from October 2013 to December 2017 on the topics of cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and unintentional injury, which includes a subsection on drug overdoses and opioids.
...cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and unintentional injury, which includes a subsection...
Date: Oct 2013
Discusses the frequency of four common and preventable chronic diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and arthritis), and the risk factors that may be associated with these diseases among residents in rural North Florida.
...cancer, and arthritis), and the risk factors that may be associated with these diseases among...
Date: Jan 2017
Reports on 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. Discusses factors impacting the rural-urban gap, and offers suggestions for reducing these disparities and improving health. Updated in a November 2019 report.
...cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years...
Date: 2024
Examines how mammogram facility resources, policies, and practices in metro versus nonmetro Appalachia are related to breast cancer burden and outcomes. Analyzes survey data from 192 sites to observe catchment area mammography services such as levels of staffing and available technology, practices and policies that promote screening, and quality review processes.
...cancer burden and outcomes. Analyzes survey data from 192 sites to observe catchment area mammography...
Date: Jan 2024
Highlights a study exploring the rates of mortality and morbidity from noncommunicable diseases in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. Explores the prevalence of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer via blood samples collected from participants. Details participant characteristics, such as age, general health, and comorbidities, among other measures.
...cancer via blood samples collected from participants. Details participant characteristics, such as age, general health...
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: Mar 2023
Provides a literature review of research related to intervention strategies to improve adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in rural communities. Examines 15 studies taking place from 2011 to 2019 that discuss HPV vaccine receipt, HPV vaccine knowledge, cervical cancer knowledge, interventions in rural settings, and more.
...cancer knowledge, interventions in rural settings, and more. --- A Narrative Review of HPV Vaccination Interventions...
Reviewed: Jan 17, 2024
An approach to understanding health behaviors based on individual attitudes and norms.
...Cancer is a cervical cancer prevention program designed for women in rural, Appalachian Kentucky. The program...
Reviewed: Jun 24, 2026
Learn about evidence-based models and promising approaches for supporting older adults in increasing physical activity and mobility in rural areas
...Cancer Institute Evidence-Based Cancer Control Program provides materials on implementing physical activity programs with...