Healthcare providers’ promotion of physical activity among child and adolescent cancer survivors: strategies and challenges

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Purpose: This study aims to investigate how healthcare providers (HCPs) promote physical activity (PA) to child and adolescent cancer survivors. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with HCPs (n = 16; women n = 12; men n = 4) who provide care for cancer survivor youth (age 3 to 18). Participants represented 7 professions, including child life specialists, oncologists, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and social workers. A reflexive thematic analysis was conducted to explore the techniques that HCPs use to promote PA for this patient population and ways PA promotion can improve. Results: HCPs use five strategies to promote PA to cancer survivor youth: (1) broadening the definition of PA, (2) tailoring PA recommendations, (3) including families, (4) connecting patients to programming, and (5) promoting patient motivation. Conclusions: This research highlights techniques that HCPs use to promote PA to young cancer survivors and reveals the need for additional ways to support HCPs to improve PA promotion for child and adolescent cancer survivors. While HCPs emphasized the importance of PA for this patient population, they navigate barriers that limit the quality of PA discussions. Implications for cancer survivors: Further research should explore interventions to improve PA promotion and PA participation among child and adolescent cancer survivors. By understanding the perspectives of HCPs, patients, and their families, PA promotion strategies can be improved, and more programs that support both patients and practitioners may be developed.

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Shabanian, J., Capaldi, J. M., Luna-Lupercio, B., Finster, L. J., Noskoff, K., Gan, H., … Shirazipour, C. H. (2023). Healthcare providers’ promotion of physical activity among child and adolescent cancer survivors: strategies and challenges. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 17(6), 1546–1560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-022-01218-8

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