Table 4.

Summary of Strategies Recommended for Future Lifetsyle Programs in African-American Breast Cancer Survivors

1. Offer programs at community centers (e.g., The Gathering Place) not at hospital-based centers

2. Provide both exercise and support group programs

3. Provide group exercise to enhance social support but maintain attentiveness to individual comorbidities as well as individual fitness, functional and strength levels

4. Provide a variety of different aerobic (e.g., dance, hula hoop) and resistance training exercises

5. Provide nutritional and clinical counseling in the support group to better address dietary, complementary alternative medicine and treatment side-effect issues

6. Provide frequent updates on progress in strength, fitness, function and body composition

7. Offer transportation services for those in need

8. Provide training, as needed, to ensure the entire program team is knowledgeable of and sensitive to the particular needs of African-American breast cancer survivors