One in three U.S. children with cancer faces food, housing, utility, or transportation insecurity when diagnosed. Children exposed to adverse social drivers of health during cancer treatment are more likely to relapse, die, and experience worse symptoms, even when they are treated on clinical trials. Developing interventions to target social drivers of health as risk factors for poor outcomes
Determining how social drivers of health impact outcomes Transformative improvements in outcomes are possible if we rapidly advance the science of: Our challenges: Our premise: IGNITE is the first pediatric oncology health equity research consortium.

IGNITE is the first pediatric oncology health equity research consortium. Our challenges: One in three U.S. children with cancer faces food, housing, utility, or transportation insecurity when diagnosed. Children exposed to adverse social drivers of health during cancer treatment are more likely to relapse, die, and experience worse symptoms, even when they are treated on clinical trials. Our premise: Transformative improvements in outcomes are possible if we rapidly advance the science of: Developing interventions to target social drivers of health as risk factors for poor outcomes
Determining how social drivers of health impact outcomes

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