BACKGROUND: Cancer mortality rates in the United States are higher in rural than urban areas, especially for colorectal cancer. Modifiable cancer risks (e.g., tobacco use, obesity) are more prevalent among U.S. rural than urban residents. Social network analyses are common, yet rural informal collaborative networks for cancer prevention and control and practitioner uses of network findings are less well understood. METHODS: In five service areas in rural Missouri and Illinois, we conducted a network survey of informal multisector networks among agencies that address cancer risk (N = 152 individuals). The survey asked about contact, collaborative activities, and referrals. We calculated descriptive network statistics and disseminated network...
Background and aims: as demands on healthcare services grow, fiscal restrictions place increased emp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.August 2018. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, a...
Rural residents are often faced with many disparities when compared to their urban counterparts. Two...
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: Multisector collaboration is a widely promoted strategy to increase equitabl...
Plain English summary There has been notable progress among state and local cancer coalitions in dev...
The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) is one of the Community Network Program sites funded ...
Problem: Cancer-related mortality is higher in rural areas than in urban centres. One of the contrib...
Objectives. We sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer di...
ObjectivesWe sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer disp...
Social networks influence health behavior and health status. Within social networks, “key players” o...
Background: The 2016 President’s Cancer Panel called for projects focusing on improving cancer sympt...
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Introduction The incidence of colorectal cancer in portions of rural Appalachia is higher than in m...
Underserved communities with high cancer rates often are not involved in implementing state cancer c...
Background and aims: as demands on healthcare services grow, fiscal restrictions place increased emp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.August 2018. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, a...
Rural residents are often faced with many disparities when compared to their urban counterparts. Two...
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: Multisector collaboration is a widely promoted strategy to increase equitabl...
Plain English summary There has been notable progress among state and local cancer coalitions in dev...
The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) is one of the Community Network Program sites funded ...
Problem: Cancer-related mortality is higher in rural areas than in urban centres. One of the contrib...
Objectives. We sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer di...
ObjectivesWe sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer disp...
Social networks influence health behavior and health status. Within social networks, “key players” o...
Background: The 2016 President’s Cancer Panel called for projects focusing on improving cancer sympt...
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States2020-03-17T00:00:00Z30385497PMC70766277374vault:3511
K07 CA211971/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/U48 DP005017/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States
Introduction The incidence of colorectal cancer in portions of rural Appalachia is higher than in m...
Underserved communities with high cancer rates often are not involved in implementing state cancer c...
Background and aims: as demands on healthcare services grow, fiscal restrictions place increased emp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.August 2018. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, a...
Rural residents are often faced with many disparities when compared to their urban counterparts. Two...