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Redefining Rurality: Adopting an Identity-Based and Community-Engaged Approach to Defining Rural Cancer Disparities

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Description
Discusses how rural definitions influence cancer disparities research via an examination of perspectives originally presented at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2024 conference. Details limitations and inconsistencies in current rural definitions and highlights the value of community-based participatory research and identity-based approaches to rurality.
Author(s)
Trevor Kauer, Courtny L. Franco, Dominique D. Munroe, et al.
Citation
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Date
11/2025
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Cancer · Culture · Health disparities · Research methods and resources · Rural definitions