Cancer Patient Navigator Tasks across the Cancer Care Continuum

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• Alternative Title:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved
• Personal Author:
  Braun, Kathryn L. ; Kagawa-Singer, Marjorie ; Holden, Alan E. C. ; Burhansstipanov, Linda ; Tran, Jacqueline H. ; Seals, Brenda F. ; Corbie-Smith, Giselle ; Tsark, JoAnn U. ; Harjo, Lisa ; Foo, Mary Anne ; Ramirez, Amelie G.
• Description:
  Cancer patient navigation (PN) programs have been shown to increase access to and utilization of cancer care for poor and underserved individuals. Despite mounting evidence of its value, cancer patient navigation is not universally understood or provided. We describe five PN programs and the range of tasks their navigators provide across the cancer care continuum (education and outreach, screening, diagnosis and staging, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life). Tasks are organized by their potential to make cancer services understandable, available, accessible, affordable, appropriate, and accountable. Although navigators perform similar tasks across the five programs, their specific approaches reflect differences in community culture, context, program setting, and funding. Task lists can inform the development of programs, job descriptions, training, and evaluation. They also may be useful in the move to certify navigators and establish mechanisms for reimbursement for navigation services.
• Subjects:
  Access To Health Care Article Case Management Certification Continuity Of Patient Care Health Care Disparities Health Services Accessibility Humans Indigenous Populations Job Description Minority Health Neoplasms Patient Advocacy Poverty Program Evaluation United States

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• Source:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved. 23(1):398-413
• Pubmed ID:
  22423178
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3302357
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 CA 114609/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CA114657/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R24 MD002811/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U54 CA153459/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CA114630-05S1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U54 CA153499/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U54 MD007584/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U54CA153499/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CA114609/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CA114629/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CA114630/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R24MD002811/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U58 DP001006/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01CA114630-05S1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; 5U58DP001006/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01CA114629/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b39ba5f503b2d3997b28338d2b8818ba007d56091ef920608bd4c09fe91d144c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33325/cdc_33325_DS1.pdf
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