Rural–urban disparities in cancer outcomes: opportunities for future research

S Bhatia, W Landier, ED Paskett… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cancer care disparities among rural populations are increasingly documented and may be
worsening, likely because of the impact of rurality on access to state-of-the-art cancer …

The intersection of rural residence and minority race/ethnicity in cancer disparities in the United States

WE Zahnd, C Murphy, M Knoll, GA Benavidez… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Rural–urban differences in cancer incidence and trends in the United States

WE Zahnd, AS James, WD Jenkins, SR Izadi… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
Background: Cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States are declining, but this
decrease may not be observed in rural areas where residents are more likely to live in …

Intersection of living in a rural versus urban area and race/ethnicity in explaining access to health care in the United States

JT Caldwell, CL Ford, SP Wallace… - … journal of public …, 2016 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To examine whether living in a rural versus urban area differentially exposes
populations to social conditions associated with disparities in access to health care …

Barriers of colorectal cancer screening in rural USA: a systematic review

H Wang, S Roy, J Kim, PA Farazi… - Rural and remote …, 2019 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are lower in rural areas in the USA.
To guide the design of interventions to improve CRC screening, a systematic review was …

Contextual factors associated with cancer screening uptake: a systematic review of observational studies

Q Rollet, L Tron, R De Mil, G Launoy, É Guillaume - Preventive Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted a systematic review of a wide range of contextual factors related to cancer
screening uptake that have been studied so far. Studies were identified through PubMed …

Rural–urban differences in colorectal cancer screening barriers in Nebraska

AG Hughes, S Watanabe-Galloway, P Schnell… - Journal of community …, 2015 - Springer
Nebraska ranks 36th nationally in colorectal cancer screening. Despite recent increases in
CRC screening rates, rural areas in Nebraska have consistently shown lower rates of CRC …

Disparities in colorectal cancer mortality for rural populations in the United States: does screening matter?

H Carmichael, M Cowan, R McIntyre… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Rural compared to urban populations in the US have increased colorectal
cancer (CRC) incidence with known disparity in screening rates and mortality. We …

Poor uptake of lung cancer screening: opportunities for improvement

M Triplette, JH Thayer, SN Pipavath… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest CT has been demonstrated to reduce lung
cancer mortality among a subset of high-risk current and former smokers. Despite …

Key changes to improve social presence of a virtual health assistant promoting colorectal cancer screening informed by a technology acceptance model

MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson-Howard, MS Zalake… - BMC medical informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background Understanding how older, minoritized patients attend to cues when interacting
with web-based health messages may provide opportunities to improve engagement with …