— overcome cancer health disparities

... measures to reduce cancer health disparities Second, sponsor studies to develop better methods to measure cancer health disparities and to evaluate the costs associated with cancer health disparities ... reducing cancer health disparities and potential challenges are presented 26 Economic Costs of Cancer Health Disparities: Summary of Meeting Proceedings 4.1 Benefits of Reducing Cancer Health Disparities ... measures to reduce cancer health disparities Second, sponsor studies to develop better methods to measure cancer health disparities and evaluate costs associated with cancer health disparities Third,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... Lockhart S, Calvo A: Implementing colorectal cancer screening in community health centers: addressing cancer health disparities through a regional cancer collaborative Med Care 2008, 46:S74-83 ... 90 days 12.5% Cancer Screening Breast cancer follow-up and treatment Cervical cancer follow-up and treatment Colorectal cancer follow-up and treatment center (16 centers) Most health centers ... change varied by cancer care process For cancer screening, every health center reported data, and data were reported for most months Furthermore, enough individuals were eligible for cancer screening...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... domains of health: environmental health, health insurance coverage, access to healthcare services, behavior, and health outcomes.4 While income is one of the leading predictors of health disparities, ... indicators within the following five broad domains of health: environmental health, health insurance coverage, access to healthcare services, behavior, and health outcomes Following a framework developed ... the five health domains considered – environmental health, health insurance coverage, access to healthcare services, healthy behaviors, and health outcomes It closes by highlighting some particularly...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... Institutes of Health: National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities http://ncmhd.nih.gov The National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities is a major center for health disparities ... addressing health disparities, the discussion of health disparities among children is divided into six sections Section One: The Roots of Health Disparities A number of factors influence health status ... Disparity to Parity in Health: Eliminating Health Disparities - Call to Action Raleigh, NC: Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... “The Conundrum of Health Disparities particular groups The second idea is that society — as a collective — must act to ensure the conditions under which people SOCIAL can be healthy, in the form ... diagnosis, and directly to all areas of health HEALTH perceptions access to care care, particularly access, diagnosis, and provision DISPARITIES In the context of health disparities, social justice refers ... and facilitators to eliminating health disparities Second, as the nation continues its discussion on health care reform,41 there is a need to highlight the health disparities and issues of social...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... Forman D: Global cancer statistics CA Cancer J Clin 2011, 61(2):69–90 American Cancer Association: Survival rates for breast cancer Atlanta: 2012 http://www .cancer. org /Cancer/ BreastCancer/OverviewGuide/breast -cancer- overviewsurvival-rates ... IV [2] Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Jordan, constituting 20 % of the total cancer cases and 22 % of the cancer deaths The age-standardized incidence rate of breast cancer increased ... seek breast health care Background Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer related mortality among women worldwide; it constitutes 23 % of the total new cancer cases and 14 % of the cancer deaths...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... for Research on Cancer Screening Group www.iarc.fr/cervicalindex.php World Health Organization— cancers of the reproductive system www.who.int/reproductive -health/ publications/cancers.html 14 ... identified precancerous lesions Cervical cancer screening is directed toward sexually active—or formerly active— women to determine whether they are at increased risk of developing cervical cancer This ... and cervical cancer, please visit the following websites: 10 RHO Cervical Cancer www.rho.org 11 PATH cervical cancer prevention www.path.org/cervicalcancer 12 Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... complications.8 Reproductive cancers and reproductive health Cervical cancer provides an important contrast to breast cancer and lies somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of the women’s health and epidemiological ... breast cancer as compared to 218 000 deaths from cervical cancer In high-income countries, 155 000 deaths are reported from breast cancer and much fewer –17 000– from cervical cancer Breast cancer ... countries Breast cancer High income countries Cervical cancer *percentage is based on all cancer deaths and DALYs lost Figure Deaths and DALYs lost to breast cancer and cervical cancer2 4,25 % of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... usage for health information, cancer- related information seeking, sources of cancer information, trust in sources of cancer information, experiences with cancer information seeking, and cancer- related ... Information seeking about cancer Perceptions of barriers to cancer information seeking Evaluation of information efficacy, recognition, and use of cancer information sources Cancer knowledge The descriptive ... (HINTS) on health communication and cancer communication, including an examination of the American public’s: • • • • • • • Media exposure Exposure to health information Internet usage for health...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LUNG CANCER AND BONE HEALTH HOW BONE WORKS (PAGE 2) WHAT LUNG CANCER CAN DO TO BONE (PAGE 2) TREATING BONE AFFECTED BY LUNG CANCER (PAGE 3) HYPERCALCEMIA (PAGE ... before, during, and after cancer treatment Approximately 30 to 40 percent of people with lung cancer will have their cancer spread, or metastasize, to bone When lung cancer metastasizes, tumor ... Affected by Lung Cancer The following therapies are used to treat bones affected by lung cancer: • Lung cancer treatment The prompt initiation of appropriate therapy for lung cancer is essential...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20

... on Cancer (IARC) to chart cancer death patterns It also provides monitoring and projections of the cancer burden WHO cancer research agency leads world in studying cancer s causes To fight cancer, ... for communities WHO Cancer fighters WHO Cancer fighters  Against Cancer of lives How WHO fights cancer Reading this brochure, you’ll be given a dynamic glimpse of the many cancer control activities ... be from cancer, ” Gilks says 15 Sexual, reproductive health programmes decrease cancer WHO programmes promoting early detection of cervical and breast cancer by screening are key primary health...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20

... Urban-Rural Disparities of Child Health and Nutritional Status in China from 1989 to 2006 This paper analyzes urban–rural disparities of China’s child health and nutritional status using the China Health ... existence of various health disparities between urban and rural areas in the United States, Canada, Australia, China, and other countries in health status, health access, and health utilization ... most important reasons for these increasing health disparities Children are expected to be more severely affected by urban–rural health care system disparities, because they are in the early stages...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... Gynecological cancer survivors, Endometrial cancer, Ovarian cancer, Health care providers, Patient Reported Outcomes, Satisfaction with information provision, Satisfaction with care, Health- Related ... National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship http:// www.canceradvocacy.org List of abbreviations CCCS: Comprehensive Cancer Center South; ECR: Eindhoven Cancer Registry; HRQoL: Health- Related Quality ... Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), a cancer survivor is: ‘A person diagnosed with cancer from the moment of diagnosis through the balance of his or her life’ (http:// www.canceradvocacy.org)...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... National Cancer Institute pictures Available at www .cancer. gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer /cancer – accessed December 2009 Children and Cancer CANCER GENES when activated: transforms normal to cancer ... •American Cancer Society Available at : www .cancer. org/docroot/home/index.asp – accessed December 2009 •Canadian Cancer Society Available at: www .cancer. ca/ – acessed December 2009 Children and Cancer ... EXPOSURES Predisposing to adult cancer Ionising radiation breast cancer, ALL, thyroid cancer Radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease → osteosarcoma, leukaemia, skin cancer, breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... goal of eliminating cancer- related health disparities (2) Despite the increased attention to social disparities in health, no clear framework exists to define and measure health disparities This ... 2000: increase the span of healthy life, reduce health disparities, and provide access to preventive health services (5) The explicit focus on reducing health disparities in Healthy People 2000 represented ... relative assessment of cancerrelated health disparities If, as for Healthy People 2010, the goal is to quantitatively monitor progress toward the elimination of health disparities across all...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... National Healthcare Disparities Report are available online at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women: Selected Findings From the 2010 National Healthcare ... colorectal cancer compared with females Breast and Cervical Cancer Breast cancer measures are tracked annually, but results are presented in odd calendar years Two core measures relate to breast cancer ... equitable health care in the near future Health Care Delivery and Systems l Health care quality and access are suboptimal, especially for minority and low-income groups Information about health...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... develop Most—if not all—human cancer appears to be monoclonal 8  Understanding Cancer Cancer, then, is a disease in which a single normal body cell undergoes a genetic transformation into a cancer ... information v About the National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health (NIH)—the world’s top medical research center—is charged with addressing the health concerns of the nation The NIH ... Understanding Cancer • Unraveling the Mystery of Cancer • Cancer as a Multistep Process • The Human Face of Cancer • New Hope for Treating Cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... MS, RD – Breast cancer survivor & dietitian http://www.cancerrd.com Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center – UCSF Mt.Zion http:/ /cancer. ucsf.edu/crc (415) 885-3693 National Cancer Institute ... associated with toenail selenium in breast cancer patients and controls T3 concentration was significantly lower in breast cancer patients compared to healthy non -cancer patients • A recent study suggested ... 829-5384 Nutrition Action Health Letter http://www.cspinet.org/nah/ Fax: (202) 265-4954 Websites American Cancer Society http://www .cancer. org (415) 394-7100 American Institute for Cancer Research http://www.aicr.org...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... between smoking and cancer 4-6 4-2 Lung cancer mortality ratios prospective studies 4-8 4-3 Lung cancer mortality ratios ... lung cancer 4-18 4-11 Lung cancer deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in certain countries 4-24 5-1 Epidemiologic studies on ETS and lung cancer ... PREFACE This assessment of the respiratory health effects associated with passive smoking has been prepared by the Human Health Assessment Group, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... activity on breast cancer treatments in other states The Incidence of Breast Cancer Today, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women.3 Breast cancer is cancer that forms in ... Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) 13 National Cancer Institute U.S National Institutes of Health http:/ /cancer. gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/lymphedema ... http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/whcra.html American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009-2010 Atlanta: American Cancer Society, Inc http://www .cancer. org/downloads/STT/F861009_final%209-08-09.pdf National Cancer Institute...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20