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| Title |
Psycho‐oncology and primary prevention in cancer control plans: an absent voice?
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| Published in |
Psycho-Oncology, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1002/pon.3917 |
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| Authors |
Jeff Dunn, Jimmie Holland, Melissa K Hyde, Maggie Watson |
| Abstract |
One third of cancer deaths are attributable to modifiable lifestyle, behaviour and psychosocial risk factors. Psycho-oncology can contribute significantly to prevention initiatives such as those described in national cancer control plans (NCCPs), to reduce or eliminate these risk factors. However, the extent to which psycho-oncology expertise has informed prevention objectives in plans is unclear. Accordingly, 35 English language NCCPs were located via existing databases and were searched using Adobe text searches ('psycho', 'social', 'behav' and 'intervention') to identify (a) representations of psycho-oncology, its dimensions (psychological, social and behavioural) and roles (e.g. psychologist); and (b) behaviour/lifestyle change interventions. A third of NCCPs included the term psycho- or psychosocial-oncology; approximately half referred to a psycho-oncology dimension regarding prevention and early detection and half included actions/objectives relating to health professionals and provision of psychosocial care. The majority of cancer plans included prevention outcomes and focussed primarily on smoking cessation and alcohol reduction. Interventions commonly proposed were education, regulation and service provision; however, many were aspirational statements of intent rather than specific interventions. Psycho-oncology was represented in NCCPs but was limited in reference to prevention with few behavioural interventions utilised. Psycho-oncology input is needed to prescribe evidence-based interventions in cancer plans that not only educate, regulate and provide resources but also motivate, empower and create a supportive normative environment for behaviour change. In this manuscript, and throughout this Special Issue on Cancer Prevention, important principles, ideas and evidence within psycho-oncology are outlined which, if properly implemented, can help reduce the global cancer burden. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Brazil | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 33% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 18% |
| Psychology | 5 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 July 2017.
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#7,418,488
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#1,007
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#30
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