Effect of social stressors and social determinants of health (SDOH) on cancer beliefs: Analysis of a cancer center catchment area

OBJECTIVES: This study examines how the environments that shape an individual's health, known as social determinants of health, may play a role in cancer beliefs, examining how people with more adverse social risk factors view cancer treatment and care. RESEARCH APPROACH: . FINDINGS: < 0.001). . CONCLUSION: Adverse social risk factors may play a role in cancer beliefs and may influence patients' willingness to engage in risk prevention behaviors or care. Educational efforts to alter cancer beliefs can be targeted to those with adverse social risk factors.