Advancing Health Equity in the Cancer Care Sector: Resources

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Online Courses:

Creating Safe Connections: Practical Strategies to Support Lung Cancer Screening

Relevant Publications:

Inequities in genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer: implications for public health practice

Sayani, A. (2019). Inequities in genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer: implications for public health practice. Journal of Community Genetics, 10(1), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-018-0370-8

Health Equity in National Cancer Control Plans: An Analysis of the Ontario Cancer Plan

Sayani, A. (2019). Health Equity in National Cancer Control Plans: An Analysis of the Ontario Cancer Plan. International journal of health policy and management8(9), 550–556. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2019.40

Equity-Oriented Healthcare: What It Is and Why We Need It in Oncology


Horrill, T.C, Browne, A.J. & Stajduhar, K.I. (2022). Equity-Oriented Healthcare: What It Is and Why We Need It in Oncology. Current Oncology, 29(1), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29010018

Toward Equitably High Quality Cancer Survivorship Care


Truant, T., Varcoe, C., Gotay, C., & Thorne, S. (2019). Toward Equitably High Quality Cancer Survivorship Care. Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, 29(3), 156-162. https://doi.org/10.5737/23688076293156162

Health disparities in cancer care: Exploring Canadian, American and international perspectives


Varcoe, C., Habib, S., Sinding, C., Fitch, M., Magee Gullatte, M., & Cummings, G (2015). Health disparities in cancer care: Exploring Canadian, American and international perspectives. Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal/Revue Canadienne de soins infirmiers en oncologie, 25(1), 73-74. Retrieved from http://www.canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/26

Equity-Oriented Cancer Care

Watch Dr. Tara Horrill discuss inequities in the cancer care sector, and discuss how cancer care services could be better oriented towards equity.

Barriers to equity in cancer survivorship care: Perspectives of cancer survivors and system stakeholders


Truant, T., Lambert, S., Thorne, S. (2021). Barriers to equity in cancer survivorship care: Perspectives of cancer survivors and system stakeholders. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211006703

Advancing health equity in cancer care: The lived experiences of poverty and access to lung cancer screening


Sayani, A., Vahabi, M., O’Brien, M., et al. (2021). Advancing health equity in cancer care: The lived experiences of poverty and access to lung cancer screening. PLOS One, 16(5), e0251264. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251264

Health equity in national cancer control plans: An analysis of the Ontario Cancer Plan


Sayani, A. (2019). Health equity in national cancer control plans: An analysis of the Ontario Cancer Plan. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 8(9), 550-556. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2019.40

“Just too busy living in the moment and surviving”: Barriers to accessing health care for structurally vulnerable populations at end-of-life


Stajduhar, K. I., Mollison, A., Giesbrecht, M., et al. (2019). “Just too busy living in the moment and surviving”: Barriers to accessing health care for structurally vulnerable populations at end-of-life. BMC Palliative Care, 18(11). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0396-7

When Cancer Hits the Streets


Stajduhar, K. I., Mollison, A., Gleave, D., & Hwang, S. W. (2017). When cancer hits the streets. Current Oncology, 24 (3), 149-150. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.24.3698

Conceptualization of health and healthcare equity within the Canadian cancer care sector: A rapid scoping review protocol


Lambert, L., Horrill, T. C, Browne, A. J., Stajduhar, K. I., Beck, S., Kaur, J., Bourgeois, A., Cheng, S. (2021). Conceptualization of health and healthcare equity within the Canadian cancer care sector: A rapid scoping review protocol. Open Science Framework. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/E954Y