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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

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Morven BrownORCiD, Professor Vera Araujo-SoaresORCiD, Professor Roderick Skinner, Professor Linda Sharp

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Abstract

© 2024 Brown et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 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 international literature and b) current smoking cessation services in England that may be available to, or tailorable to, CAYA cancer survivors; 2) a qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with CAYA cancer survivors (aged 16–29 years and who are current or recent ex-smokers and/or current vapers) to explore their views and experiences of smoking, smoking cessation and vaping; and 3) stakeholder workshops with survivors, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to consider the potential for a smoking cessation intervention for CAYA cancer survivors and what such an intervention would need to target and change. Findings will be disseminated to patient groups, healthcare professionals and researchers, through conference presentations, journal papers, plain English summaries and social media. Discussion PRISM will explore current delivery of, perceived need for, and barriers and facilitators to, smoking cessation advice and support to CAYA cancer survivors from the perspective of both survivors and healthcare professionals. A key strength of PRISM is the user involvement throughout the study and the additional exploration of survivors’ views on vaping, a behaviour which often co-occurs with smoking. PRISM is the first step in the development of a person-centred, evidence- and theory-based smoking cessation intervention for CAYA cancer survivors who smoke, which if effective, will reduce morbidity and mortality in the CAYA cancer survivor population.


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Author(s): Brown MC, Araujo-Soares V, Skinner R, Brown J, Glaser AW, Hanratty H, McCabe MG, Amariutei A-E, Mauri S, Sharp L

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: PLoS ONE

Year: 2024

Volume: 19

Issue: 5

Online publication date: 15/05/2024

Acceptance date: 07/02/2024

Date deposited: 29/05/2024

ISSN (electronic): 1932-6203

Publisher: Public Library of Science

URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299321

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299321

Data Access Statement: This a protocol paper and there is no associated data. For future publications resulting from this study, data will be assigned a persistent identifier (DOI) that will allow the data to be discoverable but not openly accessible. The DOI will be included in any data access statement in publications. The corresponding author can be contacted for the data availability of future publications.

PubMed id: 38748708


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National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
NIHR202768

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