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Health promotion for adolescent childhood leukemia survivors: Building on prevention science and ehealth
Author(s) -
Elliot Diane L.,
Lindemulder Susan J.,
Goldberg Linn,
Stadler Diane D.,
Smith Jennifer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.24372
Subject(s) - ehealth , medicine , promotion (chess) , health promotion , childhood cancer , social media , relevance (law) , tracking (education) , adolescent health , disease , gerontology , health care , public health , nursing , psychology , cancer , pedagogy , politics , political science , law , economics , economic growth , pathology
Teenage survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have increased morbidity likely due to their prior multicomponent treatment. Habits established in adolescence can impact individuals' subsequent adult behaviors. Accordingly, healthy lifestyles, avoiding harmful actions, and appropriate disease surveillance are of heightened importance among teenage survivors. We review the findings from prevention science and their relevance to heath promotion. The capabilities and current uses of eHealth components including e‐learning, serious video games, exergaming, behavior tracking, individual messaging, and social networking are briefly presented. The health promotion needs of adolescent survivors are aligned with those eHealth aspects to propose a new paradigm to enhance the wellbeing of adolescent ALL survivors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60: 905–910. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.