Wednesday, October 19, 2011
8 Communities with Breast Cancer Disparities
Here's a story on NPR about a study by Dr. Harold P. Freeman (the man who pioneered Patient Navigators) on cancer disparities in eight U.S. communities, both rural and urban. He says poverty and lack of education are the common denominators in all these communities, across ethnic and geographic differences.
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This is an interested article because many of the areas/towns listed are not urban and are places that you wouldn't expect to have significant health disparity (Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina). This is a problem for suburban and rural communities that border and/or surround major cities and are greatly impacted, but do not recieve adequate attention, advocacy, funding, and services.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting how they note "long waiting lines for exams" as a cause of disparity. It's little things like those that make all the difference and cause patients to fall through the gaps of the healthcare system. It's also unfortunate how there are not enough doctors to go around.
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