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01-09-2014 | Original Article

Health media use among childhood and young adult cancer survivors who smoke

Authors: Rebekah H. Nagler, Elaine Puleo, Kim Sprunck-Harrild, K. Viswanath, Karen M. Emmons

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 9/2014

Abstract

Purpose

Promoting healthy behaviors may reduce the risk of co-morbidities among childhood and young adult (CYA) cancer survivors. Although behavioral interventions are one way to encourage such activities, there is increasing evidence that health media use—particularly health information seeking—also may influence health knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors. The current study explores patterns of health media use among survivors of CYA cancer. Our focus is on survivors who smoke and thus are at even greater risk of co-morbidities.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Partnership for Health-2 study, a web-based smoking cessation intervention, to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with health media use (N = 329).

Results

Nearly two thirds (65.3 %) of CYA survivors who smoke reported infrequent or no online health information seeking. Many reported never reading health sections of newspapers or general magazines (46.2 %) or watching health segments on local television news (32.3 %). Factors associated with health media use include education and employment, cancer-related distress, and smoking quit attempts.

Conclusions

Health information engagement is low among CYA survivors who smoke, particularly active seeking of health information online. Population subgroups differ in their media use patterns; some of these differences reflect communication inequalities, which have the potential to exacerbate health disparities. Clinicians have an opportunity to guide CYA survivors towards useful and reliable information sources. This guidance could help survivors fulfill their unmet information and support needs and may be particularly important for less educated survivors and other underserved populations.

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Title: Health media use among childhood and young adult cancer survivors who smoke
Authors: Rebekah H. Nagler
Elaine Puleo
Kim Sprunck-Harrild
K. Viswanath
Karen M. Emmons
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2236-x

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