Cancer Research AND Motivation - Google it!

In preparation for posting something meaningful on “Motivation Monday” for social media sites of The Brooke Group, I did an internet search of “Cancer Research AND Motivation.”  After perusing the results which listed articles, abstracts, and book chapters over the last 10-15 years related to this search, I began to note a progression of research related to such a topic.  In summary – most simplistically – consider the following . . 

First, one will likely find research related to the effect of healthy behavior (or the lack thereof) and the incidence (or risk) of cancer. For example, what is the effect of smoking (not then or now considered a healthy behavior), and/or the effect of eating certain foods (considered a healthy behavior) - as each relates to the incidence of risk of cancer.

Subsequently, there appears to have been quite a bit of study regarding the impact of “healthy” behavior on cancer survivorship, e.g. exercise most notably.

Research then appears to have included study of whether the prevention of cancer might be a motivating factor for adopting healthy behaviors, and/or refraining from the pursuit of not-healthy behaviors.  And thus, one will find a host of articles about “protection motivation theory” that began to appear in relation to cancer and healthy behavior.

Then, more recently, and perhaps without surprise, the internet searcher of this topic will find articles noting how technology may be applied for the use of wearable devices and software programs which monitor, and yes are proposed to motivate - the pursuit of healthy behavior.   I know, as my watch never seems to stop sending me notices about time to record my blood pressure, or to walk, or to sleep . . .

Thus, for me, this was an enlightening exercise (albeit not necessarily a physically healthy one) to see the progression of research in this fashion!  “Google it” yourself, and dive more deeply into topics of your interest as they relate “Cancer Research AND Motivation.”  You will find lots to read, and several more weeks of reading for Motivation Monday with The Brooke Group.

A short by RWP on 2020.06.08

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