Rural Cancer Control Meeting
Natcher Conference Center
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
May 30-31, 2018
Meeting objectives in rural cancer control:
- Identify gaps in research and practice
- Build partnerships across the country and various health-related entities to address challenges and disseminate solutions
- Highlight and identify methods to address competing and common agendas of clinics/providers, researchers and community/patients
The sessions
- incorporated speakers and perspectives from different regions – Delta; Appalachia; Alaska; Hawaii; Northern New England; Southwest; Colonias; Reservation; Frontier
- incorporated perspective of participants; community; provider partners in each presentation
Meeting Materials
- Agenda (PDF 554 KB)
- Speaker Biographies (PDF 239 KB)
- Poster Session List (PDF 163 KB)
- Resource packet with relevant tribal and county-level maps (PDF 1.3 MB)
- DCCPS Funding Opportunities relevant to Rural Cancer Control (PDF 349 KB)
- Information about RFA-CA-18-026 - Improving the Reach and Quality of Cancer Care in Rural Populations (PDF 413 KB)
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Time | Event details |
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9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. |
Opening remarks and meeting charge |
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. |
NCI’s role in promoting rural cancer control |
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Mission for the meeting |
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. |
Addressing Rural Health Disparities Through Collaboration |
10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. |
Rural Definitions—Overview and Rural Demographic Patterns |
10:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Networking Break DCCPS Program Staff, Breakout Room F1/F2 See “Networking Break Guidance” in your folder for more details |
11:20 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. Lightning talks: |
Session 1—Overview of Rural Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Disparities Appalachia—problems and promise
Tobacco control research in Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands: Priorities and Challenges
Using cancer registry data to elucidate cancer incidence disparities in rural populations
Identifying agricultural exposures: Examples from the Agricultural Health Study
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12:50 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Poster Session (Atrium Level) and Lunch |
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lightning talks: |
Session 2—Methods Lessons from a National Academy Workshop on “Improving health research on small populations”, with implications for rural health studies
Defining social context for individuals: what Census-defined units can tell us about race and class
Addressing cancer disparities in the Colonias along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Cancer among the Navajo
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4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
A National Rural Policy Perspective |
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Fireside Chat on Rural Cancer Control Research Clinical perspectives
Community-level research perspective
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Time | Event details |
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8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lightning talks: |
Session 3—Multilevel Interventions: Impact and Policy Multilevel approaches to promoting healthful lifestyles in rural New Mexico
Multilevel intervention to improve HPV vaccination in rural Appalachia: lessons learned
Optimizing multilevel impact: evaluating a de-centralized delivery model of cancer screening for the rural underserved
Cancer incidence, mortality, and disparities in the Delta: race, place & history matters
Developing statewide networks to engage rural clinicians and communities in cancer control research
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10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Networking Break |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Advancing Rural Cancer Control Through Implementation Science |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lightning talks: |
Session 4—Dissemination and Implementation - Scaling up Interventions and Building Partnerships Partnerships in Kentucky with community hospitals to improve quality of care
Disseminating and implementing cancer control interventions in rural healthcare settings: practice-based research networks as partners to guide the way
Developing and sustaining tribal community partnerships to examine and address indoor radon exposure and lung cancer risk
Improving colorectal cancer screening among Alaska Native people
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12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. |
Overview of the FOA - Improving the Reach and Quality of Cancer Care in Rural Populations |
12:50 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Future Directions |
Visit Breakout Room G1/G2 for additional resources from NCI and partners