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The Effect of Clinic-Based Health Promotion Education on Perceived Health Status and Health Promotion Behaviors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors

Cook Children’s Health Care System, Fort Worth, Texas

Lisa Bashore, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON

Cook Children’s Medical Cancer, Fort Worth, Texas, lisaba{at}cookchildrens.org

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).

Key Words: health promotion • young adult • adolescent • cancer survivors

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Vol. 23, No. 6, 326-334 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1043454206293266


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