Experiencing Cancer in Appalachian Kentucky

Authors

Melanie McComsey, UCSD Design LabFollow
David Ahern, Federal Communications CommissionFollow
Robin C. Vanderpool, NIHFollow
Timothy W. Mullett, University of KentuckyFollow
Ming-Yuan Chih, University of KentuckyFollow
Meghan Johnson, University of KentuckyFollow
Michele Ellison, Federal Communications CommissionFollow
Karen Onyeije, Federal Communications CommissionFollow
Bradford W. Hesse, NCI-RetiredFollow
Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, University of California San DiegoFollow

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Abstract

Nothing tells the story of people working together better than a community quilt. A diversity of talents, colors, and materials brought together through skill and shared purpose. Perhaps never before have we as Americans needed a stronger reminder that many hands make short work of big problems. The work presented here by the L.A.U.N.C.H. Collaborative offers a new framework for health care that could be compared to a digital quilt, powered by community-based participatory design, with lived expertise and the newest advances in broadband-enabled connected health solutions. This work demonstrates the value and need to engage local communities and what can be learned when beneficiaries and traditional caregivers work together to develop healthcare solutions.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0203.09

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Comments

A preface to this paper can be found at https://uknowledge.uky.edu/jah/vol2/iss3/8/

Dr. Eliah Aronoff-Spencer is the corresponding author for this paper; he can be reached at earonoffspencer@health.ucsd.edu.

Recommended Citation

McComsey M, Ahern DK, Vanderpool RC, et al. Experiencing Cancer in Appalachian Kentucky. J Appalach Health 2020;2(3):74–116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0203.09