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. 2022 Sep 22;14(19):4590.
doi: 10.3390/cancers14194590.

Using Intervention Mapping to Develop an Education and Career Support Service for Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer: Identification of the Contextual Factors That Influence Participation in Education and Employment

Esther L Davis  1 , Kristina S Clarke  1 , Pandora Patterson  1   2 , Jennifer Cohen  1   3
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Using Intervention Mapping to Develop an Education and Career Support Service for Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer: Identification of the Contextual Factors That Influence Participation in Education and Employment

Esther L Davis et al. Cancers (Basel). .

Abstract

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed with cancer experience disrupted engagement in education and employment, which can have profound and long-term impacts on their quality of life. It is therefore vital to offer AYAs access to tailored, evidence-based services to help them to achieve their education and employment goals. However, few such services exist for this population. This paper presents the results from the first step in developing an education and career support service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer using Intervention Mapping. This first step involved developing a logic model that describes the influences of health and demographic factors, individual determinants, behaviours, and environmental conditions on AYA participation in education or employment. The logic model was developed by integrating data from an integrative literature review; cross-sectional survey of AYA clients of a community-based organisation; and feedback from a planning group of stakeholders. It is a valuable framework that will be used to direct the focus of the education and career support service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer. More broadly, the logic model has implications for guiding clinical, service, research, and policy improvements for AYA education, employment, and career support, with the aim of improving AYA quality of life.

Keywords: adolescent; education; employment; intervention mapping; needs assessment; neoplasms; quality of life; return to work; young adult.

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Program planning for an Education & Career Support (ECS) Service for AYAs diagnosed with cancer.
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Study flow diagram.
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Agreement that participants have abilities in career development processes.
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Internal and external barriers to achievement of education and employment goals.
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Logic model of the problem.
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