Social Determinants of Health

Addressing Social Risks in Cancer Care Delivery

Social risks are adverse conditions or contextual factors associated with poor health. They may increase an individual’s likelihood of having unmet social needs. Social risks and social needs such as food-, housing-, and transportation insecurity, can pose significant barriers to cancer care and contribute to poorer health-related outcomes, especially for cancer patients and survivors from historically underserved backgrounds.

Rural Cancer Control

Rural communities face disadvantages, which contribute to higher incidence and mortality rates for many cancers, and higher average mortality rates for all cancer sites combined.

HDRP Contact:
Sallie Weaver, PhD, MHS
Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch