黑人癌症幸存者当前,持续和低贫困地区的居住和社会风险
Theresa A Hastert1,2, Leane S Kuo3, Julie J Ruterbusch1,2
1Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Cancer
|May 10, 2025
概括
在高贫困地区的黑人癌症幸存者面临更多的社会风险. 持续贫困地区的风险更高,突出了针对性干预和对这些弱势群体的支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
- 癌症生存率研究 癌症生存率研究
背景情况:
- 持续的地区贫困与社会经济的剥离有关,可能会增加社会风险和财务压力.
- 了解这些关联对于支持弱势群体,特别是癌症幸存者至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查人口普查区贫困水平与社会风险和经济困难的普遍性之间的关系.
- 为了检查这些协会,特别是在黑人癌症幸存者的队列中.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自底特律癌症幸存者研究队伍的4066名参与者的数据.
- 人口普查区的贫困被分类为持续的 (≥20%的贫困超过30年),当前的 (≥20%的贫困) 和低的 (<20%的贫困).
- 评估自我报告的社会风险 (食品,住房,公用事业,获得护理,安全) 和经济困难,使用修改后的Poisson模型进行分析.
主要成果:
- 36%的参与者报告了任何社会风险,在持久 (45%) 和当前 (40%) 贫困地区的患病率高于低贫困地区 (25%).
- 调整后的模型显示,在持续和当前贫困地区,任何社会风险的患病率都比低贫困地区高21%.
- 在调整后的模型中,地区贫困与经济困难没有显著的关联.
结论:
- 生活在当前高贫困地区与黑人癌症幸存者中社会风险的增加有关.
- 持续高贫困地区也显示出高风险,尽管当前贫困的关联是最强的.
- 高贫困地区的居民可以从有针对性的查和干预计划中受益.
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