Abstract IA034: Incorporating intersectionality in quantitative cancer disparities research

Abstract

Abstract Intersectionality is a framework that posits individuals have multiple interacting social identities, both at the individual and structural level, that mediate both privilege and oppression. In the past decade, researchers have increasingly adopted intersectionality as a conceptual framework to study whether and how social identities influence health disparities. While individual and socio-contextual cancer disparities have been widely demonstrated across the cancer continuum (from prevention to survivorship), it is unknown the extent to which intersectionality as a framework, including its core assumptions and components, have been applied to this field of study. In this study, using PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review of quantitative cancer disparity studies that explicitly cited intersectionality as a guiding approach to their study. Results presented will narratively synthesize the identified literature to identify challenges, gaps, and recommendations for incorporating intersectionality theory into quantitative cancer disparity research. Citation Format: Priti Bandi, Kilan C. Ashad-Bishop. Incorporating intersectionality in quantitative cancer disparities research [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2023 Sep 29-Oct 2;Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2023;32(12 Suppl):Abstract nr IA034.