Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Dec 2020
Describes the implementation and effectiveness of Step It Up! Survivors (SIUS), an evidence-based program designed to help promote social connections and increase physical activity among cancer survivors and their family and friends. Discusses the acceptability, feasibility, cost, sustainability, and other factors associated with implementing SIUS in Oregon, including responses from 6 rural organizations.
...cancer survivors and their family and friends. Discusses the acceptability, feasibility, cost, sustainability, and other...
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: May 2024
Examines health disparities experienced by Tennessee residents. Measures include life expectancy, healthcare access, mental health and trauma, infectious disease, chronic disease, cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban or rural location.
...cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban...
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: Jul 2025
Outlines how the Tennessee Department of Health is utilizing the actions identified in the State Health Plan to promote health in Tennessee. Features sections on nutritional security, maternal and infant health, chronic conditions, older adults, transportation, cancer screenings, and workforce.
...cancer screenings, and workforce. --- Tennessee State Health Plan 2025: An Update to the 2024-2026 State...
Date: Dec 2016
Investigates the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner gender-based violence (GBV) in 3 Appalachian counties of Ohio. Supports health professionals' efforts to address the disproportionately high cervical cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking behaviors.
...cancer rates in these regions by analyzing the relationship between exposure to GBV and smoking...
Date: Aug 2025
Examines rural-urban differences in clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes among 119 newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients who presented at the University of Vermont Medical Center from 2017 to 2021. Discusses rural cancer disparities in treatment outcomes and access to care.
...cancer disparities in treatment outcomes and access to care. --- Single-Center Retrospective Analysis of the Impact...
Reviewed: Jun 2026
Dashboard providing county- and state-level data on aging in Tennessee. Presents health and demographic data of adults over age 65 in Tennessee, including data on diabetes, cancer, substance abuse, COPD, cardiovascular conditions, and more. Includes a map of healthcare facility locations.
...cancer, substance abuse, COPD, cardiovascular conditions, and more. Includes a map of healthcare facility locations...
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: 2014
Examines the feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board (VTB) program connecting rural community clinicians to the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) tumor board. Analyzes the individual clinical participants to explore their experiences with the VTB. Includes a summary of data collection methods, coding of interview data, and UNC tumor board participant survey results.
...Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) tumor board. Analyzes the individual clinical participants to explore their experiences...