Website Search Results for: cancer
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Reviewed: Jan 17, 2024
An approach to understanding health behaviors based on individual attitudes and norms.
...Cancer is a cervical cancer prevention program designed for women in rural, Appalachian Kentucky. The program...
Date: 2022
Report examining the effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are common in well water in rural areas and have been linked to adverse health effects including cancer, thyroid dysfunction, changes in cholesterol, and reductions in birth weight. Recommends that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health departments support clinicians in communities where PFAS contamination has been identified, by creating educational materials on PFAS exposure, potential health effects, the limitations of testing, and the benefits and harms of testing.
...cancer, thyroid dysfunction, changes in cholesterol, and reductions in birth weight. Recommends that the Centers...
Date: Apr 2019
Summarizes the 85th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Sacramento, California. Presents an overview of national and state perspectives on the meeting's two areas of focus: rural cancer prevention and control and supportive services for older adults.
...cancer prevention and control and supportive services for older adults. --- National Advisory Committee on Rural...
Reviewed: Apr 28, 2026
Resources and information to help you locate and fairly and accurately use statistics and data on rural health needs and rural/urban disparities.
...Cancer Institute's State Cancer Profiles provide county-level statistics and maps on cancer burden...
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 2025
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: May 2015
Examines the effects of early versus delayed palliative care, the ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) model. ENABLE has shown to be an effective telehealth model particularly for patients with advanced stages of cancer and family caregivers in rural areas. Patient outcomes reported focused on quality of life, symptoms, temperament, survival rate, and hospital and clinical care use.
...cancer and family caregivers in rural areas. Patient outcomes reported focused on quality of life...
Date: Jan 2017
Investigates the differences in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan regions of the U.S. for the 5 leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke) by analyzing and comparing mortality data derived from the National Vital Statistics System. Discusses the trends in annual age-adjusted death rates for unintentional injury for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of the U.S.
...cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke) by analyzing and comparing mortality data...
Date: Mar 2022
Provides contact information and brief overviews of 61 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Care Outreach Services grant program in the 2021-2025 funding cycle. Includes projects in the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI) track, which focus on rural health disparities related to the five leading causes of avoidable death: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke. Also includes projects in the Outreach track that address a wide variety of rural healthcare needs.
...cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke. Also includes projects in the Outreach...
Date: Jan 2017
Reports on rural-urban disparities regarding potentially preventable deaths caused by heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years of age. Discusses factors impacting the rural-urban gap, and offers suggestions for reducing these disparities and improving health. Updated in a November 2019 report.
...cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years...