Patient navigation: the promise to reduce health disparities.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Reducing cancer screening disparities in medicare beneficiaries through cancer patient navigation.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2015
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2. Do community-based patient assistance programs affect the treatment and well-being of patients with breast cancer?Journal of oncology practice · 2014
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3. Helping cancer patients across the care continuum: the navigation program at the Queen's Medical Center.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2013
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4. Qualitative analysis of peer coaches' experiences with counseling African Americans about reducing heart disease risk.Journal of general internal medicine · 2012
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5. Building capacity for equitable cervical cancer screening and follow-up in an FQHC-NCI cancer center partnership: a mixed-methods study of multilevel implementation determinants.BMC primary care · 2026
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6. A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Patient Navigator in a Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Clinic.Canadian journal of diabetes · 2025
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7. The role of patient navigation programs in early cancer care in Mexico: a multi-case qualitative study.The oncologist · 2025
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8. Barriers and proposed solutions to at-home colorectal cancer screening tests in medically underserved health centers across three US regions to inform a randomized trial.Cancer medicine · 2024
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9. Evaluating implementation of a community-focused patient navigation intervention at an NCI-designated cancer center using RE-AIM.BMC health services research · 2024
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10. From Incidence to Intervention: A Comprehensive Look at Breast Cancer in South Africa.Oncology and therapy · 2024
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11. County-Level Poverty and Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in a Health Education and Patient Navigation Program for Rural and Border Texas Residents.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022
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12. Population Kidney Health. A New Paradigm for Chronic Kidney Disease Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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13. Perspectives from oncology patient navigation programs on information management practices and needs: a descriptive study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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14. Development of a national position statement on cancer patient navigation in Canada.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2020
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15. Élaboration d'un énoncé de position national sur la navigation des patients atteints de cancer au Canada.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2020
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16. Purged from the Rolls: A Study of Medicaid Disenrollment in Iowa.Health equity · 2019
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17. Use of Community Health Workers and Patient Navigators to Improve Cancer Outcomes Among Patients Served by Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Systematic Literature Review.Health equity · 2017
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18. Health Care Disparities in Hereditary Ovarian Cancer: Are We Reaching the Underserved Population?Current treatment options in oncology · 2016
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19. Development of a chronic kidney disease patient navigator program.BMC nephrology · 2015
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20. Acceptance of a community-based navigator program for cancer control among urban African Americans.Health education research · 2014
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Corrections and comments

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  Patient perspectives of clinical care and patient navigation in follow-up of abnormal mammography.2011
• Comment on
  Patient navigation to increase mammography screening among inner city women.2011

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