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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 2025
Examines accessibility issues and financial stress of 112 patients participating in an oncology clinical trial between 2018 and 2024. Includes demographic information, cancer type, miles traveled, and financial burden of participants, as well as commentary on access issues for those in rural areas.
...cancer type, miles traveled, and financial burden of participants, as well as commentary on access...
Date: May 2025
Explores the perceptions and experiences of oncology physicians regarding the impact those within rural referral networks face following the departure of physicians they see as crucial to their cancer care networks. Discusses the loss of expertise, loss of collaborative relationships, and increased patient volume, as well as the adaptive strategies networks implement to make up for the loss of crucial providers.
...cancer care networks. Discusses the loss of expertise, loss of collaborative relationships, and increased patient...
Date: Mar 2022
Provides contact information and brief overviews of 61 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Care Outreach Services grant program in the 2021-2025 funding cycle. Includes projects in the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI) track, which focus on rural health disparities related to the five leading causes of avoidable death: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke. Also includes projects in the Outreach track that address a wide variety of rural healthcare needs.
...cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke. Also includes projects in the Outreach...
Date: Apr 2019
Summarizes the 85th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Sacramento, California. Presents an overview of national and state perspectives on the meeting's two areas of focus: rural cancer prevention and control and supportive services for older adults.
...cancer prevention and control and supportive services for older adults. --- National Advisory Committee on Rural...
Date: May 2025
Examines chronic disease prevalence and associated risk factors among 532 smokeless tobacco (SLT) cessation intervention participants who live in rural and medically underserved communities. Includes data on chronic diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oral health, and more.
...cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oral health, and more. --- Prevalence and Predictors of Chronic Disease among...
Date: Jun 2017
Examines the prevalence and predictors of heavy episodic alcohol use in women from 18 clinics in the Appalachian region of Ohio, a primarily rural area, as part of the Community Awareness Resources and Education I (CARE I) study. CARE I focused on determining how social, environmental, behavioral, and biological factors contribute to the causes and prevention of cervical cancer.
...cancer. --- Correlates of Risky Alcohol Use Among Women from Appalachian Ohio Examines the prevalence and predictors...
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: Jun 2018
Results of a colorectal cancer screening study using data from two health networks comprising 11 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in metropolitan St. Louis and rural Missouri. Examines characteristics of the 483 participants and differences between the rural and urban health centers where the screenings took place. Features demographic statistics.
...cancer screening study using data from two health networks comprising 11 Federally Qualified Health Centers...
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...