Exploring determinants of cancer-risk behaviour in youth : process evaluation of an adapted alternative school mindfulness program

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dc.contributor.authorPrenoslo, Leslie Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
dc.contributor.supervisorCurrie, Cheryl L.
dc.contributor.supervisorCopeland, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T19:56:49Z
dc.date.available2020-09-22T19:56:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractChildhood stress has been linked to an increase in cancer-risk behaviours and cancer rates. Addressing health-risk behaviours in adolescence can create healthy lifelong habits. Mindfulness focuses on cultivating present-moment awareness and may offer a healthy coping strategy to youth. This thesis focused on process evaluation of a mindfulness intervention delivered to 17 junior high students attending an alternative school. The main objectives were to assess program adaptation, youth engagement, and youth experience. Technology was successfully integrated into the program. Results were inconclusive on whether adaptations to increase participant safety were successful. Youth were engaged in sessions, though some facilitation improvements were suggested. Participants experienced mindfulness as a quiet time, novel to typical busyness. Youth understandings of mindfulness increased post-intervention, with youth describing it as a tool for relaxation and coping. Findings can be used to strengthen the delivery of mindfulness interventions to youth within alternative schools.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5769
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0680en_US
dc.proquest.subject0710en_US
dc.proquest.subject0496en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjecthealthy coping strategiesen_US
dc.subjectyouth in alternative schoolsen_US
dc.subjectmindfulness interventionen_US
dc.subjectcancer risk behavioursen_US
dc.subjectchildhood stressen_US
dc.subjectadolescent stressen_US
dc.subjectjunior high studentsen_US
dc.subjectStress in childrenen_US
dc.subjectStress in adolescenceen_US
dc.subjectStress in youthen_US
dc.subjectCancer -- Risk factorsen_US
dc.subjectRisk-taking (Psychology) in adolescenceen_US
dc.subjectMindfulness (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectAlternative schools -- Alberta -- Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectSelf-help techniquesen_US
dc.subjectMeditation -- Therapeutic useen_US
dc.subjectStress management for teenagersen_US
dc.subjectMobile appsen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleExploring determinants of cancer-risk behaviour in youth : process evaluation of an adapted alternative school mindfulness programen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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