Mental Health Problems and Cancer Risk Factors Among Young Adults

201760 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Greta M. Massetti · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cheryll C. Thomas · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jessica King · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kathleen Ragan · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Natasha Buchanan Lunsford · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Abstract

Mental health problems in young adulthood were associated with potentially modifiable factors and behaviors that increase risk for cancer. Efforts to prevent cancer and promote health must attend to mental health disparities to meet the needs of young adults.

Topics & Keywords

Family Support in Illness Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Health disparities and outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volume 53, Issue 3, pp. S30-S39

DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.04.023

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