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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2018

Qualitative Study of Latino Cancer Patient Perspectives on Care Access and Continuity in a Rural, U.S.-Mexico Border Region.

Eunjeong Ko, María Luisa Zúñiga, Helen Palomino, Diana Peacher, Mercedes Watson

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Challenges for Latina Breast Cancer Patient Survivorship Care in a Rural US-Mexico Border Region.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  11. Development of a Survivorship Care Plan (SCP) Program for Rural Latina Breast Cancer Patients:International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  12. Rural Disparities in Treatment-Related Financial Hardship and Adherence to Surveillance Colonoscopy in Diverse Colorectal Cancer Survivors.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eunjeong KoSchool of Social Work, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182-4119, USA. eko@mail.sdsu.edu.
María Luisa ZúñigaSchool of Social Work, Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies, San Diego State University, 6386 Alvarado Court Ste 224, San Diego, CA, 92120, USA.
Helen PalominoCancer Resource Center of the Desert, 444 So.8th Street Ste. B3, El Centro, CA, 92243, USA.
Diana PeacherCancer Resource Center of the Desert, 444 So.8th Street Ste. B3, El Centro, CA, 92243, USA.
Mercedes WatsonCancer Resource Center of the Desert, 444 So.8th Street Ste. B3, El Centro, CA, 92243, USA.
Cancer Resource Center of the Desert · USSan Diego State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Access to quality cancer care for cancer patients living in the rural U.S.-Mexico border region is complex due to common binational health care-seeking behaviors and regional socio-economic and cultural characteristics. But little is known about the challenges border dwelling residents face when navigating their cancer care systems. In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 cancer patients in Southern California. Thematic analysis was applied to identify patterns of meaning in the data. Emerging themes were: (1) delays in cancer care coordination: (a) poor coordination of cancer care (b) U.S. and cross-border discordance in cancer diagnosis; (2) regional shortage of cancer specialists; and (3) financial hardship. Findings revealed that care needs distinctly involved care coordination in/outside of the patient's community and bi-national care coordination. In addition to local solutions to improve cancer coordination through community-based partnerships, efforts to bridge care in a two-nation context are also imperative.

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Continuity of Patient CareHealth Services AccessibilityPatient Acceptance of Health CareRural PopulationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCaliforniaFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHispanic or LatinoHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMexicoMiddle AgedBinational careCancer patientsCare barriersLatinoRuralU.S.-Mexico border

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PMID28584960
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