One in every twenty-five persons in America is a racial/ethnic minority who lives in a rural area. Our objective was to summarize how racism and, subsequently, the social …
This paper addresses the drone-aided delivery and pickup planning of medication and test kits for patients with chronic diseases who are required to visit clinics for routine health …
J Li, L Shi, H Liang, G Ding, L Xu - BMC health services research, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite economic growth and improved health outcomes over the past few decades, China still experiences striking urban-rural health inequalities. Urban and rural …
MJ Naughton, KE Weaver - North Carolina medical journal, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The physical and mental health of cancer patients needs to be addressed not only during active treatment but also throughout the continuum of survivorship care. This commentary …
W Demark‐Wahnefried, KH Schmitz… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence suggests that weight management and physical activity (PA) improve overall health and well being, and reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality among cancer …
Purpose: Cancer treatment may cause financial stress for pediatric oncology patients and their families. We evaluated pediatric cancer caregivers' perceived financial burden related …
BACKGROUND The current study was conducted to examine the prevalence and correlates of mental distress among survivors of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer and a …
KE Weaver, N Palmer, L Lu, LD Case… - Cancer Causes & …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Rural US adults have increased risk of poor outcomes after cancer, including increased cancer mortality. Rural–urban differences in health behaviors have been …
PB DeGuzman, V Bernacchi, CA Cupp, B Dunn… - Journal of Cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Rural cancer survivors have worse quality of life than their urban counterparts. Telemedicine is a potential solution to connecting rural residents with specialized cancer …