Mila Blooms Intervention Study

Otro: Control & Intervention Phases

The control phase will run for 8 weeks, including survey completion and accelerometer wear during Week 1 and Week 8. The intervention phase will run for the 9 weeks following the control phase; where participants are assigned a smartphone to interact with the Mila Blooms gaming app and integrated social network & receive weekly supportive coaching phone calls from study staff for 8 weeks (Week 9 - Week 16) followed by accelerometer wear & survey completion during the 9th and final week (Week 17).

Conductual: Mila Blooms

Behavioral intervention will be administered to 30 adolescent childhood cancer survivors & their parents (3 blocks of 10 survivor-parent(s) groups) who serve as their own controls. The intervention phase begins at Week 9 (immediately following the 8-week control phase) and runs for 9 weeks (Weeks 9 - 17). Adolescents are assigned a smartphone installed with the Mila Blooms app to use for the first 8 weeks (Weeks 9 - 16) of the intervention. The app integrates (1) tools for tracking health behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity, etc.); (2) an avatar system to provide virtual rewards, and (3) a social network of users for support. As part of the intervention, adolescents will also receive weekly coaching phone calls from study staff to discuss areas of concern and to encourage goal-setting & participation. During the 9th week (Week 17), participants complete one final survey & accelerometer wear.

Feasibility of the Mila Blooms Intervention at changing health behaviors.

Test the feasibility of the Mila Blooms intervention at changing diet, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), and social cognitive mediators of health behavior change.