2021
Incarceration and Cancer-Related Outcomes (ICRO) study protocol: using a mixed-methods approach to investigate the role of incarceration on cancer incidence, mortality and quality of care
Puglisi L, Halberstam AA, Aminawung J, Gallagher C, Gonsalves L, Schulman-Green D, Lin HJ, Metha R, Mun S, Oladeru OT, Gross C, Wang EA. Incarceration and Cancer-Related Outcomes (ICRO) study protocol: using a mixed-methods approach to investigate the role of incarceration on cancer incidence, mortality and quality of care. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e048863. PMID: 34035109, PMCID: PMC8154989, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of careCancer careCancer incidenceSequential explanatory mixed-methods study designCancer screening ratesConnecticut Tumor RegistrySocioeconomic statusMultivariable logistic regressionExplanatory mixed-methods study designCox survival modelsConnecticut DepartmentHuman Investigation CommitteePaucity of dataInstitutional review boardUniversity Institutional Review BoardMixed-methods study designTumor RegistryScreening ratesCancer mortalityInvasive cancerCancer outcomesCancer disparitiesStudy protocolHigh riskOutcome studies
2018
Factors Associated With Cancer Disparities Among Low-, Medium-, and High-Income US Counties
O’Connor J, Sedghi T, Dhodapkar M, Kane MJ, Gross CP. Factors Associated With Cancer Disparities Among Low-, Medium-, and High-Income US Counties. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e183146. PMID: 30646225, PMCID: PMC6324449, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer death ratesDeath rateHigh-income countiesCancer disparitiesPossible mediatorsAge-standardized cancer death ratesLow-income countiesCross-sectional studyClinical care factorsIncome-related disparitiesNon-Hispanic blacksHealth risk behaviorsLow-quality careUS countiesPhysical inactivityCare factorsMAIN OUTCOMEFair healthDeath recordsMedian household incomeMedian incomeHealth StatisticsRisk behaviorsHealth policyCounty income levels