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Cancer navigation charting the path forward for low income women of color

Title
Cancer navigation [electronic resource] : charting the path forward for low income women of color / Anjanette A. Wells, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, Will Ross, Carol Camp Yeakey, Sheri R. Notaro ; [edited by] Sheri R. Notaro.
Author
Wells, Anjanette.
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

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Notaro, Sheri R.
Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
Summary
"Being poor is a health risk (Wells et al., 2019). When we wrote Poverty and Place, Cancer Prevention among Low Income Women of Color (2019), we demonstrated the potent forces of poverty and place and the prevalence of cancer among low-income women of color. That initial volume was the inspiration for this volume, entitled Cancer Navigation: Charting the Pathway Forward for Low Income Women of Color. In Poverty and Place, we had academics and researchers in mind. Our purpose was to examine how and why racial and class disparities have become potent forces in health and longevity rates in the United States. Conducting original research drawn from North City St. Louis, Missouri and the river city of East St. Louis, Illinois, we sought to understand the combination of factors that facilitate or pose a barrier to cancer treatment and adherence, for marginalized low- income women of color"--
Uniform Title
Cancer navigation (Online)
Alternative Title
Cancer navigation (Online)
Subject
  • Cancer in women > Social aspects
  • Cancer in women > Prevention
  • Cancer in women > Economic aspects
  • Poor women > Medical care > United States
  • Health literacy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN
2021034564
OCLC
ssj0002547604
Author
Wells, Anjanette.
Title
Cancer navigation [electronic resource] : charting the path forward for low income women of color / Anjanette A. Wells, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, Will Ross, Carol Camp Yeakey, Sheri R. Notaro ; [edited by] Sheri R. Notaro.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
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Notaro, Sheri R.
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