Patient Navigation Overcoming Barriers to Care
Documenting the success and result of patient navigation programs, this book represents the culmination of years of research and practical experience by scientific leaders in the field. A practical guide to creating, implementing, and evaluating successfu
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Patient Navigation
Elizabeth A. Calhoun Angelina Esparza •
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Patient Navigation Overcoming Barriers to Care
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Editors Elizabeth A. Calhoun, Med, PhD Health Policy and Administration University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-6977-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6979-1
Angelina Esparza, BA, BSN, MPH ACS Patient Navigation Program American Cancer Society Atlanta, GA USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-6979-1
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Foreword
Since President Richard Nixon’s declared war on cancer in 1971, various interventions and new technology have helped combat cancer in the U.S. and around the globe. However, the benefits of these medical interventions are not shared by all and disparities continue to exist. Health disparities driven by poverty, culture, and social injustice has kept the healthcare system out of reach for certain geographic, ethnic, and racial subgroups of the population, resulting in poorer health outcomes for them and thus greater health disparities. Patient navigation is increasingly gaining popularity as an effective intervention to minimize disparities in cancer screening and cancer care. Navigators have successfully been used to overcome logistical barriers to care by lowering time-to-initial treatment and diagnostic resolution in cancer patients. Patient navigation programs have been widely implemented in a variety of settings, for a variety of populations, and by a variety of people with different professional and cultural ba
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