Elizabeth Ward People Quotations

One of the big factors that may account for this finding is access to high-quality medical care. Often communities that have high poverty rates either lack access to good quality care, or people have to travel longer distances to obtain high-quality care.

People have still not fully gotten the message that the most important things that they can do to avoid cancer are to avoid tobacco smoking and maintain a healthy body weight and physical activity.

We need to invest in prevention because it's better for the quality of life of people if they live longer without a chronic or disabling disease, ... and it's better for us as a nation because we're not putting so many resources in treatment of chronic diseases.

The creek is kind of a dumping ground. I guess people don't feel a lot of ownership for it.

The factors that contribute to cancer and the factors that help to prevent cancer and detect it early don't change overnight. This reflects that we have a great deal of knowledge about certain major causes of cancer and major preventative actions that people can take and these still need to take hold.

People don't make these choices in a vacuum. We need to make environmental and community changes to encourage people to make healthier choices.

I like the idea of people knowing where their food comes from. It's nice to not be so dependent on large-scale grocery chains.