Healthy Living after Cancer: A dissemination and implementation study evaluating a telephone-delivered healthy lifestyle program for cancer survivors

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Eakin, Elizabeth G ^a   Hayes, Sandra C ^b   Haas, Marion R ^c   Reeves, Marina M ^a   Vardy, Janette L ^d   Boyle, Frances ^e   Hiller, Janet E ^f   Mishra, Gita D ^a   Goode, Ana D ^a   Jefford, Michael ^g,h   Koczwara, Bogda ⁱ   Saunders, Christobel M ^j   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^k   Courneya, Kerry S ^l   Schmitz, Kathryn H ^m   Girgis, Afaf ⁿ   White, Kate ^d   Chapman, Kathy ^o   Boltong, Anna G ^p,q   Lane, Katherine ^p   McKiernan, Sandy ^r   Millar, Lesley ^r   O'Brien, Lorna ^o   Sharplin, Greg ^s   Baldwin, Polly ^s   Robson, Erin L ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Department of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

^f SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^o CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^p CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^q THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^r Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

^s CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Dissemination and implementation study; Lifestyle intervention; Nutrition; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE DELIVERED HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953837955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-2003-5     Document Type: Article

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