UMMS Affiliation
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
Publication Date
2020-10-15
Document Type
Article Postprint
Disciplines
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications | Health Services Administration | Infectious Disease | Neoplasms | Oncology | Preventive Medicine | Virus Diseases
Abstract
Feldman and Haas have written a timely piece on the potential to enhance cancer prevention and cancer care delivery in the COVID-19 era. Using cervical cancer prevention as a use case, the commentary describes clinical care provided via virtual platforms and in nontraditional settings, such as the patient’s home, as areas needing creative approaches to ensure care is provided safely and efficiently. As we consider factors that are relevant to delivering effective cancer prevention and cancer care post-COVID, we suggest that addressing social determinants of health, an often forgotten dimension of lived experience, should be prioritized as a strategy to enhance the equity of care provision. Social determinants of health, including food and housing insecurity have been shown to impact outcomes of patients with cancer, through a number of mechanisms including delays and incomplete care.
Keywords
COVID-19, cancer, prevention, cancer care, cervical cancer, social determinants of health
Rights and Permissions
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. Accepted Manuscript posted after 12 months as allowed by publisher's list of journal embargo periods at https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/access_purchase/rights_and_permissions/embargo_periods.
DOI of Published Version
10.1093/jnci/djaa152
Source
Clark CR, Haas JS, Lemon SC, Freund KM, White KB, Marotta C, Wint AJ, LeClair AM, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Xiao V, Casanova N, Battaglia TA. RE: How the Coronavirus Disease-2019 May Improve Care: Rethinking Cervical Cancer Prevention. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Oct 15:djaa152. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa152. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33057729. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Related Resources
PubMed ID
33057729
Repository Citation
Clark CR, Haas JS, Lemon SC, Freund KM, White KB, Marotta C, Wint AJ, LeClair AM, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Xiao V, Casanova N, Battaglia TA. (2020). RE: How the Coronavirus Disease-2019 May Improve Care: Rethinking Cervical Cancer Prevention. COVID-19 Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaa152. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/138
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