title: Development and implementation of a Hope Intervention Program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development and evaluation of the Hope Intervention Program (HIP), designed to enhance hope, based on the Hope Process Framework.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive and evaluative.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient oncology clinics of two large hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Convenience sample--38 adults with first recurrence of cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire completed at end of last HIP session, three months, six months, and nine months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Helpfulness of the HIP components in maintaining hope.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants used intervention strategies that represented all four attributes of hope, with specific strategy use varying across time and individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data suggested that HIP positively affected the participants' rebuilding and maintenance of hope.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HIP has the potential to positively influence hope, and it supports the strategic vital role that nurses play in implementing research-based strategies designed to engender hope in their patients and prevent hopelessness.
authors.affiliation: College of Allied Health and Nursing at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. kaye.herth@mnsu.edu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Herth
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012008:Recurrence; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*