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Lauren HaMy project aims to develop a distance-delivered intervention for child survivors of cancer to foster healthy behaviours and reduce cardiometabolic risks. It is well documented that survivors of cancer are susceptible to long-term health complications as a result of their treatment. By offering an online platform to survivors not only breaks the barrier of reaching families living remotely, it can benefit survivors with educational and motivational tools to make healthy choices such as participating in regular physical activity. With the inclusion of activity trackers as part of the intervention, it enables survivors to assess their own physical activity and behaviours in their own homes. Research-grade accelerometers will also be used in my project to obtain an objective measurement of survivors’ behaviours to further understand behavioural patterns of children who have survived cancer
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