Positive Activities for Asian American Cancer Patients and Caregivers

Primary Objectives:

The overall objective of this project is to design and test the feasibility of two positive activities, household contribution and outside contribution, to increase quality of life in AA cancer patients.

Secondary Objectives:

Aim 1: To assess the acceptability and feasibility of household and outside contribution positive activities for AAs through a mixed qualitative and exploratory quantitative investigation.

Aim 2: To use the qualitative and quantitative data from Aim 1, in collaboration with the mentorship team, AA community members, and clinicians, to develop one or both positive activity intervention(s) (i.e., household or outside contribution) specifically for AA cancer patients.

Inclusion criteria

for patients will be:

• self-identifies as AA,
• males or females ages 25-75 years
• within 1 year of any cancer diagnosis
• actively undergoing systemic therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation)
• able to identify a caregiver (e.g., spouse) who lives in the same household and consents to participate in the study,
• able to read, write, and speak English (i.e., English proficient; EP),
• access to internet, computer/phone, and web browser.

Exclusion criteria

for patients will be:

• life expectancy less than 6 months in the opinion of the primary physician,
• inability to stand or walk on their own or other physical limitations that preclude them from participating (3+ on ECOG performance status),
• major thought disorder (e.g., schizophrenia or bipolar [patient records or

Inclusion criteria

for caregivers will be:

• identifies as AA,
• patient considers them to be caregiver, -
• EP,
• access to computer/phone, internet, and web browser.

Exclusion criteria

for caregivers will be:

• unwilling or unable to participate in the study for any reason,
• under the age of 18.