The effect of clinic-based health promotion education on perceived health status and health promotion behaviors of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.

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More than 70% of children/adolescents diagnosed with cancer are long-term survivors. Little is known about the health perceptions and practices of this population, and limited previous studies have come exclusively from a risk reduction/health protection model rather than a health promotion model. This study was conducted to describe the perceived health status and health-promoting behaviors of adolescent/young adult cancer survivors. This study used Pender's revised health promotion model; perceived health status and health-promoting behaviors were measured using the General Health Index (GHRI) and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II). The sample consisted of 60 cancer survivors 2 years after completion of cancer treatment and attending a survivorship clinic. Mean baseline scores for the GHRI (76.66; SD, 10.41) indicate perceived health status is positive and similar to normative (noncancer survivor) adolescent/young adult samples. Surprisingly, there was no correlation between scores on the GHRI and the HPLP-II in this sample (r = 0.03).

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Author/s: Smith, Andrea B (AB); Bashore, Lisa (L);

Affiliation: Office of Grants & Research, Cook Children's Health Care System, Fort Worth, Texas 76104, USA.

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of pediatric oncology nursing : official journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses (J Pediatr Oncol Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Nov-Dec; vol 23 (issue 6) : pp 326-34

Dates: Created 2006/10/12; Completed 2006/12/05;

PMID: 17035623, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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