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ArticleSAGE open medicine2016

A qualitative study of dietary discussions as an emerging task for cancer clinicians.

Katherine C Smith, Kisha I Coa, Ann C Klassen

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Article in SAGE open medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A qualitative descriptive study on the perspectives and experiences of multidisciplinary HCPs in providing nutritional care to older adults with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine C SmithDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kisha I CoaDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ann C KlassenDepartment of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Drexel University · USJohns Hopkins University · USSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Rosalie Wollett · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPT32CA009314 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Corinne E. Joshu, Meghan Bridgid Moran · 1985 to 2026
$11.2M
Eating for Life: Dietary Behaviors Among Long Term Cancer SurvivorsR21CA152789 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, KATHERINE CLEGG · 2011 to 2012
$403k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NCI NIH HHS R21 CA152789NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009314
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesImprovements in cancer detection and treatment create a need for care that prioritizes acute treatment and ongoing needs. There have been calls to include health promotion in cancer care, but little empirical consideration of the work involved in such an expansion of services. In this article, we adopt a constructionist position to explore clinicians' perspectives on capacity for health promotion, specifically dietary counseling.

methodsOur data result from 33 semi-structured qualitative interviews with members of cancer care teams. All interviewees were affiliated with one of two contrasting medical systems located in Baltimore, MD, USA. Interviews focused on professional roles and responsibilities around health promotion for cancer survivors. We employed both purposive and snowball sampling. We conducted a thematic analysis informed by the sociology of professions literature of discussions of dietary change by provider type.

resultsWe discuss four emergent themes that relate to the work of providing dietary counseling: (1) prioritization of behavior change in survivorship care, (2) evidence base for dietary messaging, (3) available time and clinical priorities and (4) clinical expertise. Interviewees generally expressed support for the importance of diet for healthy cancer survivorship. However, while there was broad support for dietary change and health promotion, we found little evidence of an emerging consensus on how this work should be accomplished, nor an indication of any occupational group expanding their professional remit to prioritize health promotion tasks.

conclusionsHealth promotion is the key to any efficient and effective model of cancer care. Careful attention to the impact of the task on key patient outcomes as well as system capacity for the provision of dietary counseling and its fit with a specific professional remit will be critical for successful integration of health promotion into routine cancer care.

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Cancerhealth care professionalshealth promotionqualitative methodssemi-structured interviewsurvivorship

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PMID27635247
PMCPMC5011388
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