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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Challenges for Latina Breast Cancer Patient Survivorship Care in a Rural US-Mexico Border Region.

Eunjeong Ko, Veronica Cardenas, María Luisa Zúñiga, Susan I Woodruff, Viviane Rodriguez, Helen Palomino

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Beyond breast cancer: mapping unmet needs and advancing an evidence-based framework of survivorship care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  7. "I Had to Do It All Alone": Hispanic Perspectives on Navigating Breast Cancer Treatment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  8. Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Eunjeong KoSchool of Social Work, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4119, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2721-2957
Veronica CardenasDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093-0658, USA.
María Luisa ZúñigaSchool of Social Work, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4119, USA.
Susan I WoodruffSchool of Social Work, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4119, USA.
Viviane RodriguezMSW, Imperial County Behavioral Health Services, El Centro, CA 92243, USA.
Helen PalominoLCSW, Cancer Resource Center of the Desert, El Centro, CA 92243, USA.
San Diego State University · USBehavioral Health Services · USCancer Resource Center of the Desert · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Research Education CoreU54CA132384 · NCI · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CRIPPS, RICHARD MATTHEW, CROWE, SHEILA E. · 2008 to 2022
$20.7M
Research Education CoreU54CA132379 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ARREDONDO, ELVA M, CROWE, SHEILA E. · 2008 to 2021
$16.1M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA132379NCI NIH HHS U54CA132384 (San Diego State University) & U54CA132379 (UC San Diego)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rural US Latina breast cancer patients experience language barriers, health literacy issues, and limited access to health care resources that negatively impact survivorship care. This study explored the challenges to survivorship care for rural Latina breast cancer (BC) patients and approaches to supporting survivorship care plans (SCP) from the stakeholders' perspectives. Data were collected via eight focus groups (n = 40) and individual interviews (n = 4) with Latina BC patients, family caregivers, and health care professionals in a rural US-Mexico Border region. Interviews were audio-taped, transcribed, translated, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Themes related to the patient's SCP challenges included: (1) lack of knowledge of treatment information, (2) lack of proactive health behavior, (3) gaps in information for care coordination, (4) psychological distress, and (5) difficulty retaining health information. Respondents expressed that the SCP document could fill patient information gaps as well as support patient communication with their clinicians and family. Rural BC patients demonstrated an acute need for information and active engagement in their survivorship care. The findings indicate the importance of addressing challenges for survivorship care on multiple dimensions: Cognitive, behavioral, social, and structural. Developing a culturally tailored SCP intervention will be imperative to support survivorship care.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsSurvivorshipFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMexicoPatient Care Planningbreast cancerLatinaruralsurvivorship care planUS-Mexico border

Identifiers

PMID34209191
PMCPMC8297307
OpenAlexW3174066148

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