Thriving Beyond Breast Cancer: Post-Treatment Supportive Services Programming for Breast Cancer Survivors to Optimize Health During Survivorship

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating a post-treatment supportive service program designed to assist breast cancer survivors in Western New York, especially focusing on Black women, as they transition into life after treatment. This program aims to provide culturally appropriate, accessible support to improve health, wellbeing, and quality of life, while also examining breast cancer recurrence rates and the program's sustainability. The study will assess the feasibility and acceptance of this newly developed survivorship program. The program includes group support sessions held for two hours on the first and third Thursdays of each month, featuring traditional support groups, educational lessons, activities like cooking classes and facility tours, and guest speakers. Additionally, one-on-one peer mentoring sessions with long-term breast cancer survivors occur on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. These mentors help participants perform monthly self-assessments, develop plans to address modifiable risk factors, and connect them to providers or resources as needed. The intervention lasts for up to 12 months. Participants will attend these group and mentoring sessions regularly over the course of the year. Researchers will collect data through interviews and questionnaires to evaluate community-clinical connections and identify factors that help or hinder program implementation at 6 and 12 months. Enrollment and retention rates, as well as how well participants accept the program, will also be tracked. This comprehensive monitoring will help prepare the program for future wider use while supporting individual survivors' health during survivorship.

A Post-treatment Supportive Service Program for the Transition Into Survivorship for Black Women Breast Cancer Survivors in Western New York