title: Factors influencing health behaviors of younger women after menopause-inducing cancer treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the health promotion and risk reduction behaviors of younger women previously treated for cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Guided by the "Precede-Proceed" framework, a mixed-method descriptive investigation of the health behaviors of younger women with cancer treatment-induced menopause in one health jurisdiction in Australia was undertaken.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article reports the results of the qualitative interview component of the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 85 women who responded to surveys that quantified their health behaviors, 22 consented to interviews that explored how and why these behaviors might occur.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors that influenced participants' will or ability to engage with health-promoting behaviors after cancer treatment were identified in the interviews. These include entrenched precancer diagnosis health behaviors, the disabilities resulting from cancer treatments, perceptions of risk, focused intervention by health professionals and the nature of participants' social support. The results indicate a need for flexibility when planning public health initiatives to prepare this cohort for a healthy life after cancer, which accounts for their developmental, knowledge and posttreatment needs.
authors: School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland. al.mccarthy@qut.edu.au
authors: Alexandra L
authors: AL
authors: McCarthy
authors: Ralph
authors: R
authors: Tramm
authors: Ramon Z
authors: RZ
authors: Shaban
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Yates
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012944:Social Support