Abstract
Few evidence-based health behavior interventions for adolescent survivors of childhood cancer currently exist. These interventions are necessary to address a range of lifestyle and behavioral factors (e.g., diet and physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use, excessive sun exposure) that may place survivors at increased risk for secondary cancers other chronic diseases. To address this need, the development and evaluation of a health promotion and disease prevention program for childhood cancer survivors is described, with an emphasis on the steps leading up to conducting a randomized controlled trial to test its efficacy. Data gathered from trial participants suggest the preliminary evaluation of the intervention is favorable. Trends and future directions in behavioral intervention research with childhood cancer survivors are discussed, along with the role of behavioral research in health promotion and disease prevention.
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