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Date: May 2015
Examines the effects of early versus delayed palliative care, the ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) model. ENABLE has shown to be an effective telehealth model particularly for patients with advanced stages of cancer and family caregivers in rural areas. Patient outcomes reported focused on quality of life, symptoms, temperament, survival rate, and hospital and clinical care use.
...cancer and family caregivers in rural areas. Patient outcomes reported focused on quality of life...
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 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: Jan 2024
Evaluates success of a program to expand access to cancer screenings and maternal healthcare for rural female Veterans in the areas of reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance in 14 Veterans Health Administration facilities.
...cancer screenings and maternal healthcare for rural female Veterans in the areas of reach, effectiveness...
Reviewed: Mar 2026
Offers CMEs and continuing education via live teleclinics for physicians and non-physicians, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and certified health education specialists. Programs include didactic and case-based learning on hepatitis C, HIV, cancer, and more.
...cancer, and more. --- Project ECHO - Indiana University (IU) Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health...
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 birthweight. 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 birthweight. Recommends that the Centers for Disease...
Date: Feb 2026
Examines transportation barriers that impact healthcare access and provides actionable strategies to remove barriers. Discusses collaboration with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to change signage policy and install directional signs to a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Analyzes the subsequent impacts on access and cancer screening rates, as well as the importance of collaborating across community agencies.
...cancer screening rates, as well as the importance of collaborating across community agencies. --- Roadblocks to Rural...
Date: Dec 2020
Report highlights the public health efforts in the areas of tobacco cessation, diabetes and cancer reduction, and promoting physical activity, among other issues in Montana. Compares rates over a two year span and details the programs designed to address them.
...cancer reduction, and promoting physical activity, among other issues in Montana. Compares rates over a two year...
Date: Nov 2010
Details a study on the time between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and a biopsy-confirmed cancer diagnosis in veterans. Compares rural and urban areas.
...cancer diagnosis in veterans. Compares rural and urban areas. --- What Happens After an Elevated PSA Test...
Reviewed: Jun 2026
Interactive map highlights the disease burden in Idaho by county. Details county rankings by risk scores for health outcomes for conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and oral health, among others.
...cancer, diabetes, and oral health, among others. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Cancer · Cardiovascular...