Eric Adjei Boakye, PhD, MA^1,2, Wiley Jenkins, PhD, MPH^1,2, Arun Sharma, MD, MS^2,3

¹Department of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

²Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

³Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois