Protocol for the 'Supporting Young Cancer Survivors who Smoke' study (PRISM): Informing the development of a smoking cessation intervention for childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood, adolescent and young adult (CAYA) cancer survivors are vulnerable to adverse late-effects. For CAYA cancer survivors, tobacco smoking is the most important preventable cause of ill-health and early death. Yet, effective strategies to support smoking cessation in this group are lacking. The PRISM study aims to undertake multi-method formative research to explore the need for, and if appropriate, inform the future development of an evidence-based and theory-informed tobacco smoking cessation intervention for CAYA cancer survivors.

Materials and methods

PRISM involves three phases of: 1) an environmental scan using multiple strategies to identify and examine a) smoking cessation interventions for CAYA cancer survivors that are published in the internationa

SUBMITTER: Brown MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11095735 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature