The Intersection of Rural Residence and Minority Race/Ethnicity in Cancer Disparities in the United States

Date
02/2021
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Description

This manuscript summarizes how racism and social determinants of health disproportionately affect rural racial/ethnic minorities, offers a review of the cancer disparities rural racial/ethnic minorities face, and recommends policy, research, and intervention to reduce these disparities.

Center
Rural and Minority Health Research Center
Authors
Whitney Zahnd, Cathryn Murphy, Marie Knoll, Gabriel Benavidez, Kelsey Day, Radhika Ranganathan, Parthenia Luke, Anja Zgodic, Sylvia Kewei Shi, Melinda Merrell, Elizabeth Crouch, Heather Brandt, Jan Eberth