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ArticleFamily & community health

Racial Differences in the Influence of Health Care System Factors on Informal Support for Cancer Care Among Black and White Breast and Lung Cancer Survivors.

Katrina R Ellis, Kristin Z Black, Stephanie Baker, Carol Cothern, Kia Davis, Kay Doost, Christina Goestch, Ida Griesemer, Fatima Guerrab, Alexandra F Lightfoot and 5 more

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Article in Family & community health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Supporting Black breast cancer survivors and their informal caregivers: a qualitative dyadic analysis of intervention preferences.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026
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  5. Training and Preparedness among Informal Cancer Caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  9. Race Differences in Patient-Reported Symptoms during Chemotherapy among Women with Early-Stage Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Katrina R EllisGreensboro Health Disparities Collaborative, North Carolina (Drs Ellis, Black, Baker, Davis, Doost, Lightfoot, Samuel, Schaal, and Eng and Mss Cothern, Goestch, Griesemer, Guerrab, Padilla, and Yongue); School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Dr Ellis); College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville (Dr Black); Public Health Studies Program, Elon University, North Carolina (Dr Baker); School of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri (Dr Davis); Departments of Health Behavior (Mss Griesemer and Guerrab and Drs Lightfoot and Eng) and Health Policy and Management (Ms Padilla and Dr Samuel), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina (Dr Lightfoot); The Partnership Project, Inc, Greensboro, North Carolina (Dr Schaal); and Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Ms Yongue).
Kristin Z Black
Stephanie Baker
Carol Cothern
Kia Davis
Kay Doost
Christina Goestch
Ida Griesemer
Fatima Guerrab
Alexandra F Lightfoot
Neda Padilla
Cleo A Samuel
Jennifer C Schaal
Christina Yongue
Eugenia Eng
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USEast Carolina University · US

Funding

Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research - RESEARCH CORE (REC)P30AG015281 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Briana Mezuk · 1997 to 2026
$19.3M
Obesity Health Disparities Research PRIDE Program (OHD PRIDE)R25HL126145 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI BEECH, BETTINA M., BRUCE, MARINO A · 2014 to 2025
$3.9M
Cancer Health Disparities Training ProgramT32CA128582 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ENG, EUGENIA, TATE, DEBORAH F. · 2009 to 2023
$3.4M
Accountability for Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE)R01CA150980 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CYKERT, SAMUEL NMN, ENG, EUGENIA · 2012 to 2017
$2.9M
Symptom and Healthcare Access Reporting and Evaluation (SHARE) for Supportive Care EquityK01CA218473 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SAMUEL-RYALS, CLEO A · 2018 to 2021
$641k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA218473NCI NIH HHS R01 CA150980NCI NIH HHS T32 CA128582NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL126145NIA NIH HHS P30 AG015281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective, secondary qualitative analysis investigates whether health system factors influence social support among Black and white breast and lung cancer survivors and racial differences in support. These data come from race- and cancer-stratified focus groups (n = 6) and interviews (n = 2) to inform a randomized controlled trial utilizing antiracism and community-based participatory research approaches. Findings indicate social support was helpful for overcoming treatment-related challenges, including symptom management and patient-provider communication; racial differences in support needs and provision were noted. Resources within individual support networks reflect broader sociostructural factors. Reliance on family/friends to fill gaps in cancer care may exacerbate racial disparities.

Indexed as

Race FactorsSocial SupportBreast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleRetrospective StudiesWhite People

Identifiers

PMID32427667
PMCPMC7265975
OpenAlexW3026387444

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