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ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER
The purpose of this study was to investigate 1) rural patients’ perceptions of their own rurality and its effects on experience of head and neck cancer survivorship, and 2) potential barriers and facilitators to survivorship care within an integrated health care delivery system of the Veterans Healt...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900911/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz052 |
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author | Seaman, Aaron T Friberg, Julia Adamowicz, Jenna L Kendell, Nicholas Pagedar, Nitin A Howren, M Bryant Christensen, Alan J |
author_facet | Seaman, Aaron T Friberg, Julia Adamowicz, Jenna L Kendell, Nicholas Pagedar, Nitin A Howren, M Bryant Christensen, Alan J |
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description | The purpose of this study was to investigate 1) rural patients’ perceptions of their own rurality and its effects on experience of head and neck cancer survivorship, and 2) potential barriers and facilitators to survivorship care within an integrated health care delivery system of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Data from qualitative interviews with Veterans who have a history of head and neck cancer are presented to understand the complex ways that rurality impacts cancer survivorship. Head and neck cancer survivors must contend with specific challenges resulting from their risk factors and treatment, including access to complex medical follow up, long-term physical and psychological effects of treatment, and tobacco- and alcohol-related comorbidities. While integration within the VHA facilitates coordination of specialty and primary care and the transfer of medical information, the use of community care in rural areas presents coordination challenges, especially for survivors with comorbidities. |
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spelling | pubmed-69009112019-12-16 ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER Seaman, Aaron T Friberg, Julia Adamowicz, Jenna L Kendell, Nicholas Pagedar, Nitin A Howren, M Bryant Christensen, Alan J Innov Aging Session 2055 (Symposium) The purpose of this study was to investigate 1) rural patients’ perceptions of their own rurality and its effects on experience of head and neck cancer survivorship, and 2) potential barriers and facilitators to survivorship care within an integrated health care delivery system of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Data from qualitative interviews with Veterans who have a history of head and neck cancer are presented to understand the complex ways that rurality impacts cancer survivorship. Head and neck cancer survivors must contend with specific challenges resulting from their risk factors and treatment, including access to complex medical follow up, long-term physical and psychological effects of treatment, and tobacco- and alcohol-related comorbidities. While integration within the VHA facilitates coordination of specialty and primary care and the transfer of medical information, the use of community care in rural areas presents coordination challenges, especially for survivors with comorbidities. Oxford University Press 2019-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6900911/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz052 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Session 2055 (Symposium) Seaman, Aaron T Friberg, Julia Adamowicz, Jenna L Kendell, Nicholas Pagedar, Nitin A Howren, M Bryant Christensen, Alan J ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER |
title | ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER |
title_full | ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER |
title_fullStr | ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER |
title_full_unstemmed | ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER |
title_short | ENGAGING RURAL VETERANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SURVIVORSHIP CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER |
title_sort | engaging rural veterans’ perceptions of survivorship care for head and neck cancer |
topic | Session 2055 (Symposium) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900911/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz052 |
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