Research Examining Disaster Impact & Resilience in Cancer Care Delivery

In this interactive session, panelists:

• Highlight NCI supported research examining resilience and the impact of disasters and public health emergencies on patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems
• Discuss teaming and coordination challenges and approaches identified
• Discuss strategies for building health system resilience to natural disasters and public health emergencies

Background Reading

• Ortiz AP, Calo WA, Mendez-Lazaro P, García-Camacho S, Mercado-Casillas A, Cabrera-Márquez J, Tortolero-Luna G. Strengthening Resilience and Adaptive Capacity to Disasters in Cancer Control Plans: Lessons Learned from Puerto Rico. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Jul;29(7):1290-1293. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-1067. Epub 2020 Apr 21. PMID: 32317299.
• Ortiz AP, Gierbolini-Bermúdez A, Ramos-Cartagena JM, Colón-López V, Sonawane K, Deshmukh AA, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ. Cervical Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Patients During Natural Disasters and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico, 2016 to 2020. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2128806. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28806. PMID: 34652451; PMCID: PMC8520125.
• Colón-López V, Sánchez-Cabrera Y, Soto-Salgado M, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Quast T, Fernández ME. "More stressful than cancer": Treatment Experiences Lived During Hurricane Maria among Breast and Colorectal Cancer Patients in Puerto Rico. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Apr 3:rs.3.rs-2689228. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2689228/v1. PMID: 37066399; PMCID: PMC10104257.
• Colón-López V, Díaz-Miranda OL, Medina-Laabes DT, Soto-Abreu R, Vega-Jimenez I, Ortiz AP, Suárez EL. Effect of Hurricane Maria on HPV, Tdap, and meningococcal conjugate vaccination rates in Puerto Rico, 2015-2019 Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Dec 2;17(12):5623-5627. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.2004809. Epub 2021 Dec 2. PMID: 34856874; PMCID: PMC8903914.
• Johnson M, Parada H Jr, Ferran K, Perez R, Calo W, Sant'Ana IDL, Ocasio LM, Mendez-Lazaro PA, Garcia SI, Tortolero-Luna G, Umpierre SA, Ortiz AP. Perceptions of preparedness, timing of cancer diagnosis, and objective emergency preparedness among gynecological cancer patients in Puerto Rico before and after Hurricane Maria. J Cancer Policy. 2023 Feb 23;36:100415. PMID: 36828176.
• Calo WA, Rivera M, Mendez-Lazaro PA, Garcia-Camacho SI, Bernhardt Utz YM, Acosta-Perez E, Ortiz AP. Disruptions in Oncology Care Confronted by Patients with Gynecologic Cancer Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico. Cancer Control. 2022 Jan-Dec;29:10732748221114691.

Panelists

Moderator

This webinar will be archived on the Healthcare Teams Cyber Discussion and HDRP Events webpages.