A Survey of Cancer Risk Behaviors, Beliefs, and Social Drivers of Health in New Hampshire and Vermont

Overview

Journal Cancer Res Commun

Specialty Oncology

Date 2023 Aug 31

PMID 37649812

Authors

Thomas A Skipper

Julie E Weiss

Heather A Carlos

Christine M Gunn

Rian M Hasson

Janet L Peacock

Jenna E Schiffelbein

Anna N A Tosteson

Frederick Lansigan

Judy R Rees

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Abstract

Significance: In NH and VT, the finding that some associations between cancer risk factors and rural residence are more closely tied to educational attainment than rurality suggest that the design of interventions to address cancer risk should take educational attainment into account.

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