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Response to “Built and Natural Environment Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in Rural, Suburban, and Small Urban Neighborhoods”

Karl Cristie F. Figuracion
ONF 2020, 47(3), 255-256 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.255-256
DeGuzman et al. (2019) should be commended for their article “Built and Natural Environment Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in Rural, Suburban, and Small Urban Neighborhoods.” The work is a meaningful contribution to the oncology field, given the health disparity among patients with...
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COVID-19, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity

Debra Lyon
ONF 2020, 47(3), 253-254 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.253-254
When I first started this editorial in early March, I was writing from my usual coffee shop location, and the media was starting to focus on COVID-19. The incidence of the virus was increasing across the world, and the word “pandemic”—although debated passionately at the time—was beginning to gain...
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The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Illness Self-Care Management in Turkish Patients With Cancer

Nesrin İlhan
Sümeyye Gencer
Öznur Özdemir
Seda Maviyildiz
ONF 2020, 47(3), E73-E85 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.E73-E85
Objectives: To determine the relationship between health literacy and illness self-care management in individuals with cancer. Sample & Setting: 207 individuals with cancer undergoing treatment in the chemotherapy unit of a university hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Methods & Variables: Data...
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Perceptions of Clinical Trial Participation Among Women of Varying Health Literacy Levels

Allison C. Burks
Aubrey Doede
Shayna L. Showalter
Jessica Keim-Malpass
ONF 2020, 47(3), 273-280 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.273-280
Purpose: To understand the perceptions of risk, benefit, and the informed consent process after enrolling in and completing a phase 2 clinical trial using intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) for early-stage breast cancer, and to determine how perceptions varied based on women’s health literacy...
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Combating Fake News

Ellen Carr
CJON 2020, 24(2), 121 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.121
Providing effective clinical oncology care these days includes practicing in an environment abundant with fake news, emanating from what some might otherwise consider an alternate universe. So-called facts are out there—after being twisted, manipulated, and/or just plain made up—and they create a...
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