Opportunities, challenges, and future directions for simulation modeling the effects of structural racism on cancer mortality in the United States: a scoping review

J Jayasekera, S El Kefi, JR Fernandez… - JNCI …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Purpose Structural racism could contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in cancer mortality
via its broad effects on housing, economic opportunities, and health care. However, there …

The impact of social and environmental factors on cancer biology in Black Americans

BD Lord, AR Harris, S Ambs - Cancer Causes & Control, 2023 - Springer
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with early onset of chronic diseases and
reduced life expectancy. The involvement of neighborhood-level factors in defining cancer …

Mapping health disparities in 11 high-income nations

NJ MacKinnon, V Emery, J Waller, B Ange… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Health care delivery faces a myriad of challenges globally with well-documented
health inequities based on geographic location. Yet, researchers and policy makers have a …

Disparities in travel-related barriers to accessing health care from the 2017 national household travel survey

M Labban, CR Chen, N Frego, DD Nguyen… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Geographic access, including mode of transportation, to health care facilities
remains understudied. Objective To identify sociodemographic factors associated with …

Effect of a community health worker–led intervention among low-income and minoritized patients with cancer: a randomized clinical trial

MI Patel, K Kapphahn, E Wood, T Coker… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To determine whether a community health worker (CHW)–led intervention could
improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL; primary outcome) more than usual care …

Historical redlining, persistent mortgage discrimination, and race in breast cancer outcomes

JM Miller-Kleinhenz, LE Barber, ML Maliniak… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Inequities created by historical and contemporary mortgage discriminatory
policies have implications for health disparities. The role of persistent mortgage …

[HTML][HTML] Dobbs and disability: Implications of abortion restrictions for people with chronic health conditions

A Hassan, L Yates, AK Hing, AE Hirz… - Health services …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The United States has a long history of undermining the reproductive autonomy of people
with chronic conditions. This includes people with disabilities that are seen or unseen, and …

Artificial intelligence and cancer control: toward prioritizing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in emerging decision support technologies

P Taber, JS Armin, G Orozco, G Del Fiol… - Current Oncology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose for Review This perspective piece has two goals: first, to describe issues
related to artificial intelligence-based applications for cancer control as they may impact …

Structural racism, lifestyle behaviors, and obesity-related cancers among Black and Hispanic/Latino adults in the United States: a narrative review

MS Pichardo, LM Ferrucci, Y Molina… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2023 - AACR
One in three adults in the United States has obesity; a chronic disease that is implicated in
the etiology of at least 14 cancers. Cancer is the leading cause of death among US …

Simulating the population impact of interventions to reduce racial gaps in breast cancer treatment

J Yanguela, BE Jackson… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Inequities in guideline-concordant treatment receipt contribute to worse survival
in Black patients with breast cancer. Inequity-reduction interventions (eg, navigation, bias …