Addressing Cervical Cancer in Central Appalachia

Authors

Baretta R. Casey, University of KentuckyFollow
Richard A. Crosby, University of KentuckyFollow
Wallace Bates, University of KentuckyFollow
Tonya D. Godsey, University of KentuckyFollow
Mark B. Dignan, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

Rural women, particularly those residing in Appalachia, have some of the nation’s highest cervical cancer mortality rates. With support from federal and private grants, the University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health-Hazard is attempting to address this issue. Eastern Kentucky-based researchers are surveying 18- to 26-year-old female community health center patients and college students about their risk factors for the disease, and then offering them free Gardasil, a vaccine against the virus that causes most cervical cancer cases.

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

5-2009

Notes/Citation Information

A poster presentation at NRHA Annual Conference in Miami, FL in May 2009.

Repository Citation

Casey, Baretta R.; Crosby, Richard A.; Bates, Wallace; Godsey, Tonya D.; and Dignan, Mark B., "Addressing Cervical Cancer in Central Appalachia" (2009). Center of Excellence in Rural Health Presentations. 5.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ruralhealth_present/5