Cancer

Current Projects

• Federal Agencies' Recent Collaboration and Innovation in Rural Cancer Control: A Model for Practice
  The investigators will conduct an examination of the multi-year effort by the National Cancer Institute to focus on rural cancer issues and its collaboration with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. The project will explore the key pieces of evidence that served as the impetus for the emphasis on rural America in cancer control efforts.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topic: Cancer
  
• Geographic Misclassification of Cancer Care Physicians and Rural Cancer Care Service Delivery Patterns
  This study will examine the potential misclassification of rural cancer care capacity by quantifying the degree to which classification by primary practice location underestimates the availability of cancer care services in rural areas when urban-based physicians regularly cross geographic boundaries to serve rural populations.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Cancer, Health services, Healthcare access, Physicians, Rural statistics and demographics, Workforce
  
• Preventive Cancer Screenings and Behaviors Among Rural and Urban Populations
  This study examines rural use of preventive cancer screenings and related behaviors using BRFSS data. It will examine rural-urban differences in adherence to USPSTF guidelines for colorectal, breast, lung, and prostate cancer screening and explore associated behavioral risk factors.
  Research center: Northeast Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Cancer, Chronic diseases and conditions, Health promotion and disease prevention, Healthcare access, Public health, Rural statistics and demographics, Women