Activity ,Smoking Cessation, Healthy Eating and Alcohol Intervention Program:(ACCELERATION)

Summary

The ACCELERATION (ACtivity, smoking Cessation, healthy Eating and aLcohol Education, inteRvention, and motivATION) Program is a collaborative project in cancer and chronic disease prevention that has been designed by and will be delivered amongst cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention programs and cancer centres in Ontario (ON), British Columbia (BC), Quebec (QC) and Nova Scotia (NS). This project is being funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Health Canada and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and in the amount of $2.4M over a 3 year period (October 2013 - September 2016). The ACCELERATION Program is a 12 week structured model of behavioural interventions and education around self-management and prevention that aims to access readily available and referable people for primary prevention intervention.This program aligns with current provincial, national and international chronic disease prevention and management strategies. The goal of the ACCELERATION program is to measurably and effectively change the risk factors and health behaviours known to impact cancer and other chronic diseases. Specifically we will aim to increase physical activity, reduce smoking, encourage healthy eating, and moderate alcohol consumption in about 3,000 participants across Canada over 3 years.

Conditions

• Chronic Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Communication for Health Behavior management

An appropriate and evidence-informed model of motivational counselling, health coaching and chronic disease self-management will be integrated into the delivery of all aspects of the ACCELERATION program. The focus will be on 4 health behaviors that include healthy eating, exercise, smoking cessation and moderation of alcohol consumption. This will include engagement techniques such as motivational interviewing, identification of stage of change, visioning of "best self", goal setting and action planning, expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, decisional balance, "rolling with resistance", and supporting self-efficacy. (Rubak 2005, Knight 2006).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nova Scotia Health Authority

  collaborator OTHER

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• University of British Columbia

  collaborator OTHER

• Concordia University, Montreal

  collaborator OTHER

• University Health Network, Toronto

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Paul Oh, MD FRCPC · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-10-31

Primary Completion

2016-10-31

Completion

2017-10-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations