Challenges of using nationally representative, population-based surveys to assess rural cancer disparities.

ABSTRACT: Population-based surveys provide important information about cancer-related health behaviors across the cancer care continuum, from prevention to survivorship, to inform cancer control efforts. These surveys can illuminate cancer disparities among specific populations, including rural communities. However, due to small rural sample sizes, varying sampling methods, and/or other study design or analytical concerns, there are challenges in using population-based surveys for rural cancer control research and practice. Our objective is three-fold. First, we examined the characterization of "rural" in four, population-based surveys commonly referenced in the literature: 1) Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS); 2) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); 3) Behavioral Risk Factor Sur

SUBMITTER: Zahnd WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7289622 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature