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ArticleJMIR cancer2025

Identifying Adaptations to an mHealth Alcohol Reduction Intervention for Reducing Alcohol Use in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Qualitative Study.

Kimberly Haney, Tia Borger, Vilma Bursac, Caryn Sorge, Brent Shelton, John Salsman, Laurie McLouth, Carolyn Lauckner

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Article in JMIR cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Kimberly HaneyCenter for Health Equity Transformation, University of Kentucky, Suite 460, Healthy Kentucky Research Building, 760 Press Avenue, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States, 1 859-302-2178.ORCID 0009-0003-7843-9005
Tia BorgerDepartment of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5076-4293
Vilma BursacCenter for Health Equity Transformation, University of Kentucky, Suite 460, Healthy Kentucky Research Building, 760 Press Avenue, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States, 1 859-302-2178.ORCID 0009-0007-4214-3252
Caryn SorgeDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6590-4989
Brent SheltonDivision of Cancer Biostatistics, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3002-5300
John SalsmanDepartment of Social Sciences and Health Policy, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2317-4006
Laurie McLouth *Center for Health Equity Transformation, University of Kentucky, Suite 460, Healthy Kentucky Research Building, 760 Press Avenue, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States, 1 859-302-2178.ORCID 0000-0002-4888-6520
Carolyn Lauckner *Center for Health Equity Transformation, University of Kentucky, Suite 460, Healthy Kentucky Research Building, 760 Press Avenue, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States, 1 859-302-2178.ORCID 0000-0001-5200-2946

Funding

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KATHLEEN L. O'CONNOR · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR001998 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI HARTMANN, KATHERINE E, KERN, PHILIP A · 2016 to 2025
$34.2M
Pilot test of an mHealth Intervention for Reducing Alcohol Use among Rural Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer SurvivorsR21CA261844 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LAUCKNER, CAROLYN, MCLOUTH, LAURIE · 2021 to 2021
$379k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001998NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NCI NIH HHS R21 CA261844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Adolescent and young adult survivors of cancer (aged 15-39 years) frequently engage in hazardous alcohol use, which can have multiple mental and physical health effects. Objective: The aim of this study was 2-fold, to identify the necessary adaptations to an existing motivational interviewing-based mHealth (mobile health) alcohol reduction intervention, called Tracking and Reducing Alcohol Consumption (TRAC), for posttreatment adolescents and young adults, and to develop a tailored intervention for this vulnerable and underserved population. Methods: This was a qualitative study consisting of key informant interviews with posttreatment adolescents and young adults aged 18-39 years, oncology and psych-oncology providers, and community advocates (n=15) to inform the adaptation of TRAC. Thematic qualitative analysis of interview findings was conducted to determine necessary changes to the intervention protocol and content, which would ultimately lead to the development of the new TRAC adolescent and young adult intervention. Results: Key informant interviews revealed a need for the intervention to address cancer-specific alcohol use triggers such as scan-related anxiety, financial toxicity, and reproductive health concerns. They also indicated the need to provide education on the link between alcohol and cancer and to reduce the time burden of the intervention, given the many competing life demands of adolescents and young adults. Significant changes were made to the TRAC intervention to create the TRAC adolescent and young adult. We reduced the number of required sessions from 8 to 4, introduced a session devoted to managing cancer-specific triggers, and provided survivors with more information about alcohol and its relationship to cancer. Conclusions: There is potential to increase alcohol intervention relevance and fit for adolescents and young adults by including tailored content relevant to their life experiences while also maintaining core components of such interventions, such as self-monitoring and goal-setting. Remote, brief interventions are important for ensuring acceptability. The new TRAC adolescent and young adult intervention represents a potentially valuable tool in addressing high rates of hazardous alcohol use among this population and warrants further evaluation in randomized trials.

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Alcohol DrinkingCancer SurvivorsNeoplasmsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMotivational InterviewingQualitative ResearchTelemedicineYoung Adultadolescentadultalcoholalcohol reductionalcohol usecancercancer survivorsinterventionmental healthmHealthmobile healthmobile phonemotivational interviewingoncologyphysical healthpsycho-oncologytrackingtreatmentyoung adultyoung adults

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PMID41041956
PMCPMC12492314

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