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611. New Resource Webinar: CRC Screening in Rural Communities Best Practices Guidebook - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Webinar introducing the ACS NCCRT Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening in Rural Communities Best Practices Guidebook. Includes an overview of CRC disparities in rural communities and offers guidance for organizations working to improve CRC screening rates in their communities. Highlights successes of CRC screening programs in Alaska and Arizona administered by the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation and Mariposa Community Health Center.

...Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (ACS NCCRT) Cancer · Health disparities · Health screening · Planning and strategy...

612. Preventing HPV Cancers in Rural Communities - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Provides an overview of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's efforts to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in rural areas. Includes newsletters, upcoming events, meeting recordings, and program action steps. See Education and Training Resources for HPV profiles of selected states, including comparisons of HPV vaccination rates among 13-17 year olds by level of urbanicity.

...Cancers in Rural Communities --- Provides an overview of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

613. Prostate Cancer Screening Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Health and Retirement Survey, 1996-2008 - Resources
Date: Aug 2015

Examines self-reported screening rates among American Indian/Alaska Native men ages 50-75 at 5 points over a 12-year period, and compares these rates to other men in the same age group. Includes statistics with breakdowns by number of screenings during the duration of the study.

...Cancer Screening Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Health and Retirement Survey, 1996-2008 --- Examines...

614. Prostate Cancer Screening and Strategies, Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012–2020 - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Examines prostate screening from 2012 to 2020 among men living in Florida. Utilizes the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to analyze prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening percentages by county for men aged 18 or older. Discusses screening disparities related to Black men.

...Cancer Screening and Strategies, Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012–2020 --- Examines prostate screening...

615. Associations of Social Deprivation and Oncology Physician Network Vulnerability With Acute Care Utilization in the SEER-Medicare Population - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Discusses the socioeconomic factors that correlate with acute care utilization among cancer patients, as well as the effect of regional specialist scarcity. Draws from Medicare data on patients with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer who have visited emergency departments or had non-elective hospitalizations and explores correlating social and regional factors, such as sex, rurality, social deprivation index score, and proximity to an oncology physician, among others.

...cancer patients, as well as the effect of regional specialist scarcity. Draws from Medicare data...

616. Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration (SPARC, Inc.®) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 10, 2025

SPARC programs offer community-wide strategies to increase vaccination rates and increase the delivery of other clinical preventive services.

...cancer screenings, including colon, breast, and cervical cancers 5 over 50, a program encouraging adults...

617. Regional Variation in Deescalated Therapy in Older Adults With Early-Stage Breast Cancer - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed to region or patient characteristics. Features demographics including breakdowns by urban or rural status.

...Cancer --- Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed...

618. Radiotherapy Deserts: The Impact of Race, Poverty, and the Rural-Urban Continuum on Density of Providers and the Use of Radiation Therapy in the US - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Investigates the prevalence of radiotherapy deserts for prostate cancer (PC) and invasive breast cancer (BC) at the county level in the United States. Analyzes physicians to persons at risk (PPR) and use to persons at risk (UPR) according to sex, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and metro versus nonmetro county. Includes U.S. maps depicting death and incidence rate hot zones, high PPR density, high UPR density, and more.

...cancer (PC) and invasive breast cancer (BC) at the county level in the United States...

619. Rural and Urban Variations in Pap Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Poster presentation that shows data on rural and urban receipt of Pap screenings between 2019 and 2022. Utilizes National Cancer Institutes HINT data to examine demographic differences and disparities in preventative cancer screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

...Cancer Institutes HINT data to examine demographic differences and disparities in preventative cancer screenings during...

620. Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Settings: Effectiveness and Potential Strategies - Resources
Date: 2021

Evaluates the effectiveness of a BEAT Cancer, a physical activity intervention for female cancer survivors, utilizing data from 16 program participants in a rural, community setting. Includes data on outcomes related to physical activity, mental health, quality of life, and barriers to physical activity of 16 participants. Includes program implementation and design feedback from participants.

...Cancer, a physical activity intervention for female cancer survivors, utilizing data from 16 program participants...