The Survivor Health and Resilience Education (SHARE) Program: Development and Evaluation of a Health Behavior Intervention for Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Efficacy of the Survivor Health and Resilience Education (SHARE) Program to Improve Bone Health Behaviors Among Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer

“…The Survivor Health and Resilience Education (SHARE) Program was designed as a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of a single, half-day, group-based health education and health behavior counseling intervention for risk-reducing, lifestyle-related outcomes among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer [22]. The methods for the trial have been described in detail previously [21-23] and are summarized briefly below.…”

“…The trial coordinator subsequently initiated telephone calls to non-responding parents to confirm their receipt of the mailing, learn if they were interested in the trial, and obtain informed consent and assent. Among eligible patients, the consent rate was 49% [22]. Commonly cited reasons for declining participation included time and interest.…”

“…Commonly cited reasons for declining participation included time and interest. Detailed reporting of the recruitment and enrollment process is documented previously [22]. …”

“…Details of the intervention development have been described previously [22]. Briefly, the SHARE intervention was informed by Green and Kreuter’s PRECEDE-PROCEED model [34], a multi-organization partnership, capacity-building, formative research, and a pilot study of the intervention [22].…”

“…In order to fill this research gap, this small-scale, randomized controlled trial sought to examine the efficacy of the Survivor Health and Resilience Education (SHARE) Program intervention for immediately improving bone health behaviors among adolescent survivors of pediatric cancer. SHARE is a manualized, health education and multiple health behavior change intervention for adolescent survivors of childhood cancer focusing in part on improving their bone health behaviors, including milk consumption, calcium supplementation, and dietary calcium intake [21,22]. …”