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Date: Mar 2025
Examines barriers to achieving optimal human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake in the rural South. Analyzes HPV vaccination rates in Tennessee according to insurance status and rural versus urban location. Discusses cancer prevention and interventions to improve education, awareness, access, and vaccination uptake among rural and uninsured populations.
...cancer prevention and interventions to improve education, awareness, access, and vaccination uptake among rural and uninsured...
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...
Date: Oct 2025
A podcast episode discussing a mobile mammography unit in Louisiana. Discusses differences in rural and urban breast cancer incidence and how a mobile unit increases access to preventive care.
...cancer incidence and how a mobile unit increases access to preventive care. --- On the Road...
Date: Dec 2025
Literature review examining the extent to which studies on mortality related to heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke included individual measures of rurality, race, and ethnicity, and analyzes the findings of these studies. Discusses differences in research on a condition-by-condition basis and suggests directions for future health disparities research.
...cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke included individual measures of rurality, race...
Date: Sep 25, 2019
Vaccination rates for rural children and adolescents are lower than for their urban counterparts. A nurse practitioner in Louisiana and a former professor in Kentucky share how they've increased vaccination rates in their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...Cancer Statistics , in 2016 Kentucky had the highest age-adjusted rate of new HPV-associated...
Date: Nov 2023
Presents a qualitative study protocol that examines screening rates at VA medical centers during COVID-19 to determine strategies that provide continued care during public health emergencies. Discusses selection of sites, which will be based on rurality, COVID-19 patient caseload, and performance related to cancer and mental health screenings. Highlights the importance of care coordination teams in regard to specialty care.
...cancer and mental health screenings. Highlights the importance of care coordination teams in regard to specialty...
Date: 2022
Report presents an update from the Agricultural Health Study, a long-term study from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Discusses the health risk from pesticide exposure, including cancer and immune function.
...cancer and immune function. 2022 National Institutes of Health Agricultural health and safety · Cancer · Environmental...
Date: Aug 2003
Thematic issue focused on American Indian/Alaska Native health disparities related to diabetes, cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates.
...cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates. --- Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska...
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...