Assessing local capacity to expand rural breast cancer screening and patient navigation: An iterative mixed-method tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite federal funding for breast cancer screening, fragmented infrastructure and limited organizational capacity hinder access to the full continuum of breast cancer screening and clinical follow-up procedures among rural-residing women. We proposed a regional hub-and-spoke model, partnering with local providers to expand access across North Texas. We describe development and application of an iterative, mixed-method tool to assess county capacity to conduct community outreach and/or patient navigation in a partnership model.

Methods

Our tool combined publicly-available quantitative data with qualitative assessments during site visits and semi-structured interviews.

Results

Application of our tool resulted in shifts in capacity designation in 10 of 17 cou

SUBMITTER: Inrig SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5323072 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature