The short paper provides an overview on how geographic issues have become increasingly
relevant to public health research and policy, particularly through the lens of geographic …

Despite spending more than any other nation on medical care per person, the United States
ranks behind other industrialized nations in key health performance measures. A main …

Access to green spaces is important to physical activities and public health, yet one concern
remains as to whether the disparities in green space access exist. This study aimed to (1) …

This study evaluates the role of black residential segregation and spatial access to health
care in explaining the variation in late-stage diagnosis of breast cancer in metropolitan …

Background The two step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method has emerged in the last
decade as a key measure of spatial accessibility, particularly in its application to primary …

Abstract “Neighborhoods and health” research has shown that area social factors are
associated with the health outcomes that patients with cancer experience across the cancer …

There is some evidence that place of residence is associated with cancer survival, but the
findings are inconsistent, and the underlying mechanisms by which residential location …

Rationale: There is increased lung cancer mortality in rural areas of the United States.
However, it remains unclear to what extent rural–urban differences in disease incidence …

Estimates of the total US population living in non-metropolitan (rural) counties vary from 46.2
million to 59 million people. This represents 14% to 19% of the US population. A recent …

Background: Previous reviews of geographical disparities in the prostate cancer continuum
from diagnosis to mortality have identified a consistent pattern of poorer outcomes with …