Adolescent cancer prevention in rural, pediatric primary care settings in the United States: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a critical period for establishing habits and engaging in health behaviors to prevent future cancers. Rural areas tend to have higher rates of cancer-related morbidity and mortality as well as higher rates of cancer-risk factors among adolescents. Rural primary care clinicians are well-positioned to address these risk factors. Our goal was to identify existing literature on adolescent cancer prevention in rural primary care and to classify key barriers and facilitators to implementing interventions in such settings. We searched the following databases: Ovid MEDLINE®; Ovid APA PsycInfo; Cochrane Library; CINAHL; and Scopus. Studies were included if they reported on provider and/or clinic-level interventions in rural primary care clinics addressing one of these four behaviors

SUBMITTER: Ryan GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728324 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature