Advancing Cancer Prevention Practice Facilitation Work in Rural Primary Care During COVID-19

Authors

Dannell Boatman, West Virginia University Cancer InstituteFollow
Susan Eason, West Virginia University Cancer InstituteFollow
Mary E. Conn, West Virginia University Cancer InstituteFollow
Summer Miller, West Virginia University Cancer InstituteFollow
Stephenie Kennedy-Rea, West Virginia University Cancer InstituteFollow

Corresponding Author

Dannell Boatman, dboatman@hsc.wvu.edu

Abstract

COVID-19 and the response to slow the virus spread in West Virginia (WV), including a statewide stay-at-home order, presented challenges to rural primary care clinics on the frontlines. These challenges affected critical quality improvement work, including cancer screening services. In this commentary, the authors present the results of a survey of WV primary care practices that highlight potential long-term implications and identifies opportunities for practice facilitators to partner with rural primary care clinics to address them.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0204.02

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Recommended Citation

Boatman D, Eason S, Conn ME, Miller S, Kennedy-Rea S. Advancing cancer prevention practice facilitation work in rural primary care during COVID-19. J Appalach Health 2020;2(4):4–10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0204.02