A home-based mentored vegetable gardening intervention demonstrates feasibility and improvements in physical activity and performance among breast cancer survivors.
Jennifer R BailAndrew D FrugéMallory G CasesJennifer F De Los SantosJulie L LocherKerry P SmithAlan B CantorHarvey J CohenWendy Demark-WahnefriedPublished in: Cancer (2018)
The results of the current study suggest that a mentored, home-based vegetable gardening intervention is feasible and offers an integrative and durable approach with which to improve health behaviors and outcomes among BCS. Harvest for Health led to the establishment of a group of trained Master Gardeners and gave rise to local and global community-based programs. Larger studies are needed to confirm the results presented herein and to define applicability across broader populations of survivors.