title: Efficacy of the Survivor Health and Resilience Education (SHARE) program to improve bone health behaviors among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of the Survivor Health and Resilience Education Program intervention--a manualized, behavioral intervention focusing on bone health behaviors among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 75 teens aged 11-21 years, one or more years post-treatment, and currently cancer-free. Teens were randomized to a group-based intervention focusing on bone health or a wait-list control. Bone health behaviors were assessed at baseline and 1-month post-intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Controlling for baseline outcome measures and theoretical predictors, milk consumption frequency (p=0.03), past month calcium supplementation (p<0.001), days in the past month with calcium supplementation (p<0.001), and dietary calcium intake (p=0.04) were significantly greater at 1-month follow-up among intervention participants compared with control participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The intervention had a significant short-term impact on self-reported bone health behaviors among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer. Research examining long-term intervention effectiveness is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA. dmm239@georgetown.edu
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: Jessica Donze
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Revonda B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Mosher
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinly
authors.forename: Aziza T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Shad
authors.forename: Kenneth P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Tercyak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000818:Animals; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult