Due to toxicities associated with their malignancies and treatments, adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer (AYASCC) are at high risk for developing chronic diseases. This can be compounded by a greater prevalence of unhealthy behaviors relative to similarly aged non-cancer peers. Disparities in health behaviors have been noted for Black and Hispanic AYASCC, but data on Asian American (AA) or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) minorities are lacking. The purpose of this study was to help bridge these information gaps by gathering data from Hawai'i AA and NHOPI AYSCC. Telephone surveys were used to collect health behavior data from survivors 13-24 years of age (N=64); 55
作者:Randal K, Wada;Darryl W, Glaser;Erin O'Carroll, Bantum;Trina, Orimoto;Alana D, Steffen;Jennifer L, Elia;Cheryl L, Albright
来源:Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 2013 年 72卷 11期