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Addressing Health Disparities Across the Cancer Continuum—a Los Angeles Approach to Achieving Equity

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
IntroductionDifferent models have been developed to address inequities across the cancer care continuum. However, there remains a scarcity of best practices on understanding and responding to the burden of cancer in a defined catchment area.As such, the ...
Laurel J. Finster, Celina H. Shirazipour, Loraine A. Escobedo, Myles Cockburn, Zul Surani, Robert W. Haile   +5 more
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Understanding a Diverse Cancer Center Catchment Area: A Qualitative Needs Assessment Built on a Theoretical Framework

Cancer Control, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Quantitative approaches to the cancer incidence and mortality of a geographic region may lack understanding of the human context in the region thereby affecting how relevant cancer prevention and control activities can best be targeted to a
Clara Reyes MPH, Beti Thompson PhD, Katherine J. Briant MPH, CHES, Jason Mendoza MD, MPH   +3 more
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An Improved Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) Method for Measuring Spatial Accessibility to Elderly Care Facilities in Xi’an, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
With the continuous aging of society, the demand among elderly citizens for care facilities is increasing. The accessibility of elderly care facilities is a significant indicator for evaluating whether the layout of urban elderly care facilities is ...
Linggui Liu, Han Lyu, Yi Zhao, Dian Zhou
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Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Risk Factors among the Community of Mizan-Aman Town and Its Catchment Area in Southwest Ethiopia

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2022
Background Ethiopia is a Sub-Saharan African country with a high annual malaria case count, owing to the majority of the country's geography favoring vector rearing.
Tadesse Duguma, Abdulrezak Nuri, Yayeh Melaku   +2 more
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Quantifying spatial accessibility of general practitioners by applying a modified huff three-step floating catchment area (MH3SFCA) method

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2021
Background It is necessary to ensure sufficient healthcare. The use of current, precise and realistic methods to model spatial accessibility to healthcare and thus improved decision-making is helping this process.
Julia Subal, Piret Paal, J. Krisp
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Catchment-scale vulnerability assessment of groundwater pollution from diffuse sources using the DRASTIC method : a case study [PDF]

, 2008
The catchment-scale groundwater vulnerability assessment that delineates zones representing different levels of groundwater susceptibility to contaminants from diffuse agricultural sources has become an important element in groundwater pollution ...
Blundell, J.R., Hogg, A.McC., Meredith, M.P., Wilson, C.   +3 more
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Is gentrification all bad? Positive association between gentrification and individual’s perceived neighborhood collective efficacy in Montreal, Canada

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2017
Background Collective efficacy has been associated with many health benefits at the neighborhood level. Therefore, understanding why some communities have greater collective efficacy than others is important from a public health perspective.
Madeleine Steinmetz-Wood, Rania Wasfi, George Parker, Lisa Bornstein, Jean Caron, Yan Kestens   +5 more
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Contrasting responses to catchment modification among a range of functional and structural indicators of river ecosystem health [PDF]

, 2009
1. The value of measuring ecosystem functions in regular monitoring programs is increasingly being recognised as a potent tool for assessing river health.
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Population Health Assessment in NCI-Designated Cancer Center Catchment Areas [PDF]

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2019
Abstract In May 2016, the NCI announced supplemental funding for NCI-Designated Cancer Centers to conduct research to better characterize populations within cancer center catchment areas. The initiative was intended to support primary data collection efforts to better define and describe cancer center catchment areas using a multilevel ...
Kelly D. Blake, Henry P. Ciolino, Robert T. Croyle   +2 more
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Spatial patterns in prostate Cancer-specific mortality in Pennsylvania using Pennsylvania Cancer registry data, 2004–2014

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background Spatial heterogeneity of prostate cancer-specific mortality in Pennsylvania remains unclear. We utilized advanced geospatial survival regressions to examine spatial variation of prostate cancer-specific mortality in PA and evaluate potential ...
Ming Wang, Emily Wasserman, Nathaniel Geyer, Rachel M. Carroll, Shanshan Zhao, Lijun Zhang, Raymond Hohl, Eugene J. Lengerich, Alicia C. McDonald   +8 more
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