Physical Activity for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors

Inclusion criteria

• ✓. Have been diagnosed with cancer for the first time between the ages of 15 and 39 years;
• ✓. Have completed cancer treatment within 5 years;
• ✓. Currently between the ages of 15 to 44 years;
• ✓. Have no current evidence of progressive disease, secondary cancer (i.e., cancer cells that have spread from the primary cancer), or second cancers (i.e., a new different cancer);
• ✓. Live within 100 km of the University of Ottawa;
• ✓. Be inactive or insufficiently active as determined by a single item screening question (i.e., participants must respond "no" to the following question: are you currently engaging in moderate physical activity, defined as activity that increases your heart rate and causes you to sweat, on 3 or more days a week?). Screening participants based on their level of physical activity will ensure only those individuals for whom the intervention will have the largest effect are recruited;
• ✓. Able to read, understand, and provide informed consent in English;
• ✓. Ready for physical activity as indicated by answering Physical Activity Readiness Questions (PAR-Q). If participants are not ready for physical activity as determined by the PAR-Q they will need to complete a Physical Activity Readiness Medical Examination Form.